Rebalancing China's Economic Growth: Some Insights from Japan's Experience

China and World Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-82

  Fukumoto, Tomoyuki ^a   Muto, Ichiro ^a  

^a BANK OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Current account imbalance; Factor cost distortion; Japan; Rebalancing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857576052     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2012.01273.x     Document Type: Article

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