Growth-Financial Intermediation Nexus in China

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Jahangir Aziz

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Asia and Pacific Department

Christoph K. Duenwald

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Date Written: November 2002

Abstract

This paper studies the relationship between economic growth and financial development in China during the post-1978 reform period. Recent studies, based on cross-country data, have found a positive association between these two variables. We find that while a positive correlation between growth and financial intermediation exists in China, the association is more apparent than real. The nonstate sector, which contributed most to China's remarkable growth during this period, did not use the domestic financial system in any substantial way for financing. The same appears to be true for the faster-growing provinces. Compared to foreign investment, domestic private credit played a relatively small, although statistically significant, role in financing the nonstate sector and fast-growing provinces.

Keywords: Growth, financial intermediation, provincial differences

JEL Classification: N1, O5

Suggested Citation

Aziz, Jahangir and Duenwald, Christoph K., Growth-Financial Intermediation Nexus in China (November 2002). IMF Working Paper No. 02/194, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=880311

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Christoph K. Duenwald

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ( email )

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Washington, DC 20431
United States

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