Since 1978 China has been experiencing a strong monetary growth. However annual inflation has not exceeded 20%. One of the outcomes has been a high level of seigniorage. This paper looks for the factors that have enabled to collect this quasi-inflation-free revenue and asks the question of...

Important inflation differences have been existing since 1978 across the Chinese provinces. This paper intends to connect this observation with the literature that emphasises the role of local governments in the process of excess credit supply and inflation in China. A model presents provincial...

This paper considers how specific the Chinese growth experience is in the convergence debate. It shows the location of China within the cross-country relations of (absolute and conditional) convergence and its move since the transition period. Then it evidences a cross-province relation of...

[fre] Depuis 1978, les provinces chinoises connaissent des différences d'inflation importantes. Cet article relie cette observation à la littérature théorique existante sur le rôle joué par la politique économique locale sur la croissance du crédit et l'inflation en Chine. Un modèle...