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Experimentation under Hierarchy: Policy Experiments in the Reorganization of China's State Sector, 1978–2008 (CID Working Paper No. 172)

Sebastian Heilmann · Center for International Development, Harvard University · 2008

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Sebastian Heilmann
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2026-09-01

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TheoryHeilmann describes China's reform-era policy process as experimentation under hierarchy, in which local experimental regulations, experimental points and experimental zones are authorised or tolerated by higher levels, and successful experiments are generalised into national policy.