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We consider the role of capital mobility and international taxation in explaining the observed diversity in long-term income growth rates. Under perfect capital mobility, international differences in taxes will not matter for total growth differentials. Policy differences have a role to play in...
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We provide an exploratory quantitive analysis of the role of capital mobility and international taxation in explaining the observed cross-country diversity in the long-run rates of growth of per capita and total incomes as well as the population growth rates. Corroborative evidence is found for...
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Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population …
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We estimate the effect on economic development of China's industrial policy, in particular, the establishment of …
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This paper constructs a growth model that is consistent with salient features of the Chinese growth experience since 1992: high output growth, sustained returns on capital investments, extensive reallocation within the manufacturing sector, falling labor share and accumulation of a large foreign...
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formidable challenge to monetary policy decision makers. For the case of China, we examine the institutional changes in the … consideration the changes in the institutional characteristics of China's financial system. Using a newly compiled dataset that …
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This Paper examines pitfalls of a state-dominated financial system in the context of China. These include possible … confirm a similar (and somewhat surprising) picture: capital mobility within China is low! Furthermore, the degree of internal …
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This Paper constructs and analyses a long run time series for regional inequality in China from the Communist … integration in the late 1990s. Regional inequality in China in 1999 exceeds the level experienced at its peak in the Cultural … in growth and poverty reduction. As China enters the WTO, pro-active measures encouraging liberalisation and investment …
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China and its other trading partners manipulate their exchange rates, and (b) the nature of the Chinese exchange rate regime … bilateral deficit, though other variables also turn out to be quite important. On the issue of China's de facto exchange rate …
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This paper is intended to make four main points that are relevant for previously planned economies in transition to a market economy. First, national output can be increased by reducing or eliminating relative price distortions through price reform and free trade and by thus enhancing...
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