This paper shows that the effect of inflation on asset prices and real aggregates depends on the financial intermediation sector. When firms finance using nominal long-term debt issued by financial intermediaries, unexpected changes in inflation lead to a wealth transfer across sectors. Higher...

Introduction: Orientation and Focus -- The Preliminaries -- The Two Sector Ramsey Model -- The Three-Sector Ramsey Model -- Extensions to the Three-Sector Model -- The Extended Three-Sector Model -- A Three-Sector #x2013; Two-Country World -- Data Issues and the Social Accounting Matrix -- Solution...

China has achieved impressive growth over the last three decades. However, there has been debate over the sources of the growth, and the role of the intensive versus extensive margin. Growth accounting exercises at the aggregate level (Rawski and Perkins, 2008; Bosworth and Collins, 2008) suggest an...