| Description |
1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations |
| Series |
IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/13/83 |
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IMF working paper ; WP/13/83.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Literature Review; III. Conceptual Framework; A. What is Excessive Investment?; B. Identifying Excessive Investment Empirically; IV. Empirical Tests; A. Testing Implication 1; B. Testing Implication 2; V. What About the Ability to Finance Excessive Investment?; A. Land Resources; B. Abundant Labor; C. Bank Financing; D. Government Resources; VI. Policy Implications; References |
| Summary |
"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-lived, necessitating ever higher levels of investment to maintain economic activity. By contrast, private consumption has become more self-sustaining in coastal provinces, in large part because investment here tends to benefit household incomes more than corporates. If existing trends continue, valuable resources could be wasted at a time when China's ability to finance investment is facing increasing constraints due to dwindling land, labor, and government resources and becoming more reliant on liquidity expansion, with attendant risks of financial instability and asset bubbles. Thus, investment should not be indiscriminately directed toward urbanization or industrialization of Western regions but shifted toward sectors with greater and more lasting spillovers to household income and consumption. In this context, investment in agriculture and services is found to be superior to that in manufacturing and real estate. Financial reform would facilitate such a reorientation, helping China to enhance capital efficiency and keep growth buoyant even as aggregate investment is lowered to sustainable levels"--Page 2 of pdf |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed Apr. 2, 2013) |
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"Asia and Pacific Department"--Page 2 of pdf |
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"March 2013"--Page 2 of pdf |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Investments -- China
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Consumption (Economics) -- China
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Finance -- China
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Economic development -- China
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Industrial efficiency -- China
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Consumption (Economics)
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Economic development
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Finance
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Industrial efficiency
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Investments
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China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Syed, Murtaza, 1975- author.
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Liu, Xueyan, author.
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International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Department, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
148435026X |
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9781484350263 |
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