Date of Award

1-1-2017

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

M.A.

Department

Economics

First Advisor

Christine Ngoc Ngo, Ph.D.

Second Advisor

Christine Ngo

Third Advisor

Tracy Mott

Fourth Advisor

Chiara Piovani

Fifth Advisor

Joshua Hanan

Keywords

Automobile, China, Rent management

Abstract

This paper analyses the political economy of developing the modern Chinese automobile industry. By using qualitative research method, especially case study, and developmental rent management analysis framework, the author analyzed the development in three different time periods since the Chinese economic reform in 1978. Case studies of learning period, developing period and new Chinese owned enterprises after joining WTO presented different policies and rent management strategies arranged by the state to industrialize and develop the modern Chinese automobile industry. Although there are failures involved in the arrangement, China finally industrialized and developed its modern automobile industry and became the world's largest automobile manufacturing country since 2009. This thesis provided evidences that developing countries cannot easily develop their own industry successfully without the well-designed interventions from the state.

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

Rights holder

Muyuan Niu

File size

101 p.

File format

application/pdf

Language

en

Discipline

Economics

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