Determinants of household savings in China and their role in quasi-money supply

Economics of Transition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 513-537

  Qin, Duo ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Economic transition; Household savings; Income uncertainty; Interest rates; M2 GDP ratio; Quasi money

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; INCOME; INTEREST RATE; SAVINGS BEHAVIOR;

CHINA;

EID: 0142088772     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00161     Document Type: Article

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