Stagflationary effect of government bond financing in the transforming Chinese economy: A general equilibrium analysis

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-135

  Fung, Michael K Y ^a   Ho, Wai Ming ^b   Zhu, Lijing ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Economic transformation; Endogenous growth model; Government debt finance; Stagflationary effect; The Chinese economy

Indexed keywords

DEBT; FINANCIAL PROVISION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; NATIONAL TRADE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 0034022145     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(99)00063-2     Document Type: Article

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