Neither a borrower nor a lender: Does China's zero net foreign asset position make economic sense?

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 943-971

  Dollar, David ^a   Kraay, Aart ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Current accounts; Net foreign assets

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746820618     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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