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Analysis of commodity bundling activities reveals that vendors use this as a strategy mainly as a response to heterogeneous tastes of buyers and as a response to price ceilings. The study demonstrates that consumer behavior that distorted prices in China may be a direct consequence of price ceilings. The study also reveals that the phenomenon may also have forced sellers to bundle commodities and that it is not limited to commodities but may also extend to services.
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Analysis of an approach determining cointegrated Chinese investment functions reveals that the long-run investment function is characterized by equilibrium comovement among the real fixed investment level, consumer goods and basic producer goods. The approach uses a framework of growth cycle using the cointegration approach and incorporating the distributive barrier theory related to a typical dual developing economy.
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Analysis of transition economy firm characteristics with regards soft budget constraints reveals that tax arrears are the main route by which the budget constraints of firms are softened. Overdue trade credit, or interenterprise arrears, are not typical causes of budget constraint softness but exceptions have been made in cases where governments instead of firms are the source of softness.
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