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Chapter 13. Carbon Tax Burdens on Low-Income Households: A Reason for Delaying Climate Policy? »
Source: Inequality and Fiscal Policy
Series: Books
Author(s): Benedict Clements , Ruud Mooij , Sanjeev Gupta , and Michael Keen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 September 2015
ISBN: 9781513567754
Keywords: income, tax, taxes, revenue, health
Introduction Without strong measures to mitigate carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases, global temperatures are projected to rise by about 3–4°C over preindustrial levels b...
Chapter 1. An End to China’s Imbalances? »
Source: China's Economy in Transition : From External to Internal Rebalancing
Series: Books
Author(s): Anoop Singh , Malhar Nabar , and Papa N'Diaye
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 November 2013
ISBN: 9781484303931
Keywords: current account, real interest rate, financial reform, real estate, current account surplus
Global imbalances have been a central theme of the international economic policy debate for much of the last decade, prompted by large and sustained current account deficits in the United States...
Chapter 3. China’s Rapid Investment, Potential Output, and Output Gap »
Source: China's Economy in Transition : From External to Internal Rebalancing
Series: Books
Author(s): Anoop Singh , Malhar Nabar , and Papa N'Diaye
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 November 2013
ISBN: 9781484303931
Keywords: current account, real interest rate, financial reform, real estate, current account surplus
The rapid increase in China’s investment ratio since 2000 has important implications for the potential output of the economy and the output gap. This chapter estimates China’s potential output a...
Chapter 9. Chronicle of a Decline Foretold: Has China Reached the Lewis Turning Point? »
Source: China's Economy in Transition : From External to Internal Rebalancing
Series: Books
Author(s): Anoop Singh , Malhar Nabar , and Papa N'Diaye
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 November 2013
ISBN: 9781484303931
Keywords: current account, real interest rate, financial reform, real estate, current account surplus
The final section of the book examines what needs to be done to complete the process of domestic rebalancing. Impending demographic changes make reform ever more urgent. China is on the eve of a...
Chapter 11. De-Monopolization toward Long-Term Prosperity in China »
Source: China's Economy in Transition : From External to Internal Rebalancing
Series: Books
Author(s): Anoop Singh , Malhar Nabar , and Papa N'Diaye
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 November 2013
ISBN: 9781484303931
Keywords: current account, real interest rate, financial reform, real estate, current account surplus
During the past decade, the average Chinese worker earned roughly nine times less and was 10 times less productive than the average American at purchasing power pari...
Chapter 4. Determinants of Corporate Investment in China: Evidence from Cross-Country Firm-Level Data »
Source: China's Economy in Transition : From External to Internal Rebalancing
Series: Books
Author(s): Anoop Singh , Malhar Nabar , and Papa N'Diaye
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 November 2013
ISBN: 9781484303931
Keywords: current account, real interest rate, financial reform, real estate, current account surplus
Building on the aggregate analyses of investment in the preceding chapters, this chapter analyzes the evolution of corporate investment in China, its main features, and its key determinants. Sin...
Chapter 10. How Pro-Poor and Inclusive Is China’s Growth? A Cross-Country Perspective »
Source: China's Economy in Transition : From External to Internal Rebalancing
Series: Books
Author(s): Anoop Singh , Malhar Nabar , and Papa N'Diaye
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 November 2013
ISBN: 9781484303931
Keywords: current account, real interest rate, financial reform, real estate, current account surplus
Poverty in China has fallen dramatically over the last 35 years of reform and opening up. However, inequality has increased since the early 1990s, dampening the impact of China’s growth on pover...
Chapter 6. Implications for Asia from Rebalancing in China »
Source: China's Economy in Transition : From External to Internal Rebalancing
Series: Books
Author(s): Anoop Singh , Malhar Nabar , and Papa N'Diaye
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 November 2013
ISBN: 9781484303931
Keywords: current account, real interest rate, financial reform, real estate, current account surplus
The second section of the book, beginning with this chapter, examines how China’s main trading partners have been affected by the developments analyzed in the first part. This chapter studies th...
Chapter 5. Interest Rates, Targets, and Household Saving in Urban China »
Source: China's Economy in Transition : From External to Internal Rebalancing
Series: Books
Author(s): Anoop Singh , Malhar Nabar , and Papa N'Diaye
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 November 2013
ISBN: 9781484303931
Keywords: current account, real interest rate, financial reform, real estate, current account surplus
An important aspect of domestic imbalances in China is the relatively low share of household consumption in the national economy (down to about 36 percent of GDP in 2011 from 46 percent early in...
Chapter 2. Investment in China: Too Much of a Good Thing? »
Source: China's Economy in Transition : From External to Internal Rebalancing
Series: Books
Author(s): Anoop Singh , Malhar Nabar , and Papa N'Diaye
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 November 2013
ISBN: 9781484303931
Keywords: current account, real interest rate, financial reform, real estate, current account surplus
As documented in Chapter 1, much of the decline in China’s current account surplus has been accomplished by boosting investment as a share of the national economy. This chapter assesses the appr...