This paper uses the Shapley Value decomposition technique to assess the factors behind the rise of inequality in China. It finds that, in many ways, inequality may have been an inevitable by-product of China’s investment and export-led growth model. Between Chinese households, we find that the...

Introduction: Time and Economic Policy -- Intertemporal Choices, Information, and Opportunity Sets: The Effectiveness of Monetary Policy -- Thinking Outside the Box: Giancarlo Marini, A Rigorous Eclectic Economist -- Fiscal Policy and Sovereign Debt Dynamics: (Re-)Assessing the Intertemporal...