DOES MARKET‐ORIENTED ECONOMIC TRANSITION ENHANCE ENTERPRISE PRODUCTIVITY? EVIDENCE FROM CHINA'S ENTERPRISES

Ke Li (), Jie Zhang, Yihua Yu () and Zhibiao Liu

Pacific Economic Review, 2010, vol. 15, issue 5, 719-742

Abstract: Using a panel of China's enterprises from 1999 to 2007, this paper examined how market-oriented economic transition affects the productivity of China's enterprises given the various stages of enterprises in the commercialization process and given the market segmentation among Chinese different regions. The main findings are that: (i) enterprises with higher degrees of commercialization have relatively higher productivity, whereas enterprises with higher degrees of market segmentation have relatively lower productivity; (ii) the commercialization process and market segmentation act indirectly affect productivity through enterprises' capacity to export, innovate and obtain business loans; and (iii) the indirect effects are found to be significantly different between the commercialization process and market segmentation, highlighting the effects of the market‐oriented economic transition on enterprises' productivity. This paper provides reliable enterprise‐level evidence regarding the sources and evolution of enterprise productivity during different stages of market‐oriented economic transition in China.

Date: 2010
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