distortions. I document major trends in aggregate savings, investment, trade, and net foreign asset positions in China, and …. In 2008, China's national savings rate soared to over 53 percent of its GDP, whereas its current account surplus exceeded …Over the last decade, the internal and external macroeconomic imbalances in China have risen to unprecedented levels …

region. In terms of sheer magnitudes, China's national savings and current account surpluses dominate the region's saving-investment … growth. Investment growth has dominated GDP growth in China during this decade but is also important in the cases of India … growth rates for the key emerging markets and other developing economies in Asia. China has by far the lowest share of …

firm's investment is comparatively more sensitive to cash flow, but this sensitivity is negatively and significantly … related with corporate efficiency. These results point to the fact that high investment sensitivity to cash flow may not be … solely driven by measurement error in investment opportunity, but may still be interpreted as a consequence of imperfect …

existing studies, we analyze the sources and causes of China's high and rising saving rates in the government, corporate, and … household sectors. Although the causes of China's high saving are complex, we suggest that the evolving economic, demographic …

jointly contributed to the upsurge in aggregate savings in China in the past two decades. Government policies to rebalance the …This paper analyzes the causes of rising savings rates for the corporate, government, and household sectors, which have …

structural changes on the rise in household saving in China. Variations in fines across provinces on unauthorized births under … investigated in the context of household saving decisions in China …

China's household saving rate has increased markedly since the mid-1990s and the age-saving profile has become U … a buffer-stock savings model and show that rising income uncertainty and pension reforms lead younger and older … households, respectively, to raise their saving rates. These two factors account for over half of the increase in China's urban …

Using a national sample of Urban Household Surveys, we document several profound changes in China's wage structure … the major forces behind the evolving wage structure in China …