Includes bibliographical references and index.

A comparison of Chinese and European style federalism from a law and economics perspective / Thomas Eger and Margot Schiller -- The road to efficient taxation in China / Pierre Garello -- Legal pluralism in the governance of transitional China / Zhang Jianwei and Yijia Jing -- The economics of competition policy and the draft of the Chinese competition law / Roger Van den Bergh -- The law and economics of professional regulation : what does the theory teach China? / Niels Philipsen -- Regulatory arrangements and incentives for opportunistic behaviour / Anthony Ogus -- Special treatment (ST) firms and administrative governance of capital markets in China / Julan Du, Lucy Liu Yajun, and Sonia M.L. Wong -- Monitoring problems versus fiduciary duties in Chinese stock companies : an economic and comparative analysis on corporate governance / Qing-yun Jiang -- The stable self-enforcement and distribution of property right : the right to virtual property in MMORPG / Jian Wei and Shanguo Xue -- Intellectual property law and policy and economic development with special reference to China / Anselm Kamperman Sanders -- Economic analysis of compensation for oil pollution damage in China / Michael Faure and Wang Hui.