This paper uses the standard one-sector neoclassical growth model to investigate why China's consumption has been low … one form or the other, these distortions have implied significant transfers from households to firms. If China is to …

governance and economic growth at the provincial level in China during the reform era. I find a significant and positive effect … not been a key factor in China's rapid growth, and support the proposition that governance reforms are often a consequence …

Iran with Turkey and Russia with China to illustrate the negative effects of oil revenue on economic performance. The …

The desirability of WTO membership for China depends on whether its economic successes have been the result of its … discovery of new institutional forms (e.g. dual track pricing, SOE contracts, and fiscal contracts) that are optimal for China … advanced member of WTO. If the experimentalist interpretation of China''s phenomenal growth is correct, then WTO membership is …

employment front). This recovery was led by China's impressive performance, aided by a large stimulus package and easy credit …. But China needs to make efforts toward rebalancing its economy. Although private consumption has increased at a fast pace …

China using the quarterly province-level panel data for the period 1999 q1 to 2007 q4. Recently developed econometric … clear support of a stable long-run relationship between housing investment, non-housing investment and GDP in China. We then … country, while the impacts of housing investment on GDP behave strikingly differently in the three sub-regions of China. …