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Aims and theoretical context
Introduction
Explaining institutional change : an agents in contexts approach
The institutional rise of the PBC
The people's bank in the shadow of the plan, 1978-1992
Monetary policy in the shadow of the plan, 1978-1992
The second reform era and the rise of the PBC
The growth of mutual dependency between the PBC and the party leadership
Formal institutional change and the rise of the pbc in the second reform era, 1992-2011
The rise of the PBC and the politics of money and financial developments in China
In search of a new monetary policy framework
Monetary policy in the second reform era, 1992-2011
The PBC and China's foreign exchange rate policy
The PBC and financial reforms in China since 2003
Conclusion
Notes
References
Acknowledgments
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