We examine the effects of natural disasters on income and investment in China. Using detailed macroeconomic province …, disasters’ economic damages, government investment and regional economic activity and infrastructure development. The Chinese … government’s aggressive investment in post-disaster reconstruction is discussed, and the implications of this investment for post …

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. …

We examine the effects of natural disasters on income and investment in China. Using macroeconomic province-level data … mortality and morbidity, disasters’ economic damages, government investment and regional economic activity, and infrastructure … development. The Chinese government’s aggressive investment in post-disaster reconstruction is discussed, and the implications of …

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 …