Chapter 1 Mixed Oligopoly and Market-Opening Policies. The Case of China 1.1 Introduction 1.2 China's economic reform: a market-opening process 1.3 Regulation on foreign capital and privatization of public firms. the principal subjects 1.4 Concluding remarks Chapter 2 Theoretical Evolution on M)xed Oligopoly 2.1 Introduction 2.2 A basic model on mixed oligopoly 2.3 Mixed oligopoly with foreign private enterprises 2.4 Partial privatization in a mixed oligopoly 2.5 Strategic privatization in a two-country model 2.6 Other extensions on mixed oligopoly 2.7 Conclusion Appendix Chapter 3 Multiple Public Firms 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Model and equilibrium 3.3 Comparative static analysis 3.3.1 Effects of private firm entry 3.3.2 Effects of public firm entry 3.4 Conclusion Appendix Chapter 4 Regulation on Foreign Investment and Privatization 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Model 4.3 Equilibrium 4.3.1 Second stage 4.3.2 First stage 4.4 Technology spillovers 4.4.1 Setup 4.4.2 Equilibrium 4.5 Conclusion Appendix Chapter 5 Market-Demand Boosting and Privatization 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Model 5.3 Equilibrium 5.3.1 Third stage 5.3.2 Second stage 5.3.3 First stage 5.4 The foreign firm 5.4.1 Setup 5.4.2 Equilibrium 5.5 Conclusion Chapter 6 Entry Mode Choice and Host Country Welfare 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Model 6.3 Equilibrium 6.3.1 Second stage 6.3.2 First stage 6.4 Conclusion Appendix Chapter 7 Strategic Privatization and Trade Policies 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Model 7.3 Decisions on privatization and trade policies when m=n=1 7.4 Decisions on privatization and trade policies 7.5 Discussion 7.5.1 Welfare loss with the domestic production subsidy or the import tariff 7.5.2 Generalized cost function 7.5.3 The production subsidy and the import tariff are employed at the same time 7.6 Conclusion Appendix A Appendix B Chapter 8 Economic Integration and Strategic Privatization 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Domestic mixed oligopoly 8.3 International mixed oligopoly 8.3.1 Non-co-operative equilibrium 8.3.2 Cooperative equilibrium 8.4 Discussion 8.5 Conclusion Appendix Chapter 9 Concluding Remarks 9.1 Objective of the research 9.2 A brief comparison with related studies 9.3 Summary of the main results 9.4 Future research References