Resource Misallocation Among Listed Firms in China: The Evolving Role of State-Owned Enterprises

Author: Ms. Emilia M Jurzyk and Mr. Cian Ruane

Volume/Issue: Volume 2021 Issue 075

Publication date: March 2021

ISBN: 9781513571928

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Economics- Macroeconomics , State-Owned Enterprises , Misallocation , WP , private firm , firm distortion , productivity difference , representative firm , firm Fe , productivity gap , technical efficiency , Productivity , Capital productivity , Public enterprises , Total factor productivity , Labor productivity

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Summary

We document that publicly listed Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are less productive and profitable than publicly listed firms in which the state has no ownership stake. In particular, Chinese listed SOEs are more capital intensive and have a lower average product of capital than non-SOEs. These productivity differences increased between 2002 and 2009, and remain sizeable in 2019. Using a heterogeneous firm model of resource misallocation, we find that there are large potential productivity gains from reforms which could equalize the marginal products of listed SOEs and listed non-SOEs.