trade-and-investment friendly. The study is complemented with a business survey of OECD member country enterprises and … Chinese firms. The survey assesses government influence on the investment climate through the impact of their policies on the …

stands to gain from this decision. For our analysis, we consider the case of China’s trade, and investment relation in the … largely explained through elements of complementarities in trading and investment relationship. …

This paper proposes a possible framework for identifying excessive investment. Based on this method, it finds evidence … that some types of investment are becoming excessive in China, particularly in inland provinces. In these regions, private … consumption has on average become more dependent on investment (rather than vice versa) and the impact is relatively short …

Now close to 50 percent of GDP, this paper assesses the appropriateness of China’s current investment levels. It … stand out, partly due to a surge in investment over the last decade. Moreover, its investment is significantly higher than …. However, because its investment is predominantly financed by domestic savings, a crisis appears unlikely when assessed against …