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chapter 1 Economic Reform, Migration, and Prostitution -- chapter 2 Human Trafficking and Feminist Debates -- chapter 3 Explanations of Prostitution and the Rational Choice Perspective -- chapter 4 Pre-Prostitution Life -- chapter 5 Paths to Prostitution -- chapter 6 Life on the "Job" -- chapter 7 Prostitution and Human Trafficking: Underlying Reasons -- chapter 8 Legal Responses and Conclusions.

Examines the nature, magnitude, and gravity of prostitution and sex trafficking--and the relationship between them--in contemporary China. By researching the backgrounds, circumstances, and other factors that drive Chinese women to migrate to Shenzhen, China, the author hopes to shed light on the underlying reasons for their entry into the sex industry.

AbstractAs a platform for the trading of bulk commodities, securities, and futures, exchanges, characterized by platform‐like attributes, provide inexhaustible power for the further development of commodity economy through horizontal integration. This paper examines the international integration landscape of the modern exchanges through the lens of platform economy theory, specifically examining the ramifications of their horizontal integration on market efficiency. Employing the net utility hypothesis within the Hotelling model, we construct a nuanced trader utility model. Through a comparative analysis of platform profit, trader utility, and social welfare, the research discerns the impact of exchanges' horizontal integration. We highlight the intrinsic incentives for such integration within exchanges and put forth pertinent policy recommendations, adding a dimension of practical relevance to the academic discourse. The paper concludes by highlighting the role of government in promoting the efficiency of platform enterprises.

This paper contributes to the sociology of markets literature by arguing that collective identities sustain the market success of peripheral producers during the process of resource partitioning. Two conditions underlie the positive returns obtained by peripheral producers from their identity claims. First, the demise of near-center producers crystallizes the difference among classes of organizations which benefits the market success of peripheral producers. Second, individual peripheral producers (i) facing an audience that values their identity claims and (ii) exhibiting credible engagement with their claimed identity encounter greater market success. Our contributions to the literature are discussed.