Kaiji Chen

Emory University - Department of Economics

Associate Professor

1602 Fishburne Drive

Atlanta, GA 30322

United States

http://https://sites.google.com/site/chenkaiji/research

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Research Fellow

1000 Peachtree Street N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309-4470

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (27)

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Citation 36

The Great Housing Boom of China

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2014-22
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 06 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2015
Kaiji Chen and Yi Wen
Emory University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Research Department
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Housing Bubble, Resource Misallocation, Chinese Economy, Development, economic transition

The Great Housing Boom of China

FRB of St. Louis Working Paper No. 2014-022A
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 24 Aug 2014
Kaiji Chen and Yi Wen
Emory University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Research Department
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Housing Bubble, Resource Misallocation, Chinese Economy, Development, Economic Transition

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The Japanese Saving Rate

Marshall School of Business Working Paper No. FBE 03-06
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Jul 2006
Emory University - Department of Economics, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and University of Southern California - Department of Finance and Business Economics
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Consumption, Saving, Business Fluctuations, Cycles

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Trends and Cycles in China's Macroeconomy

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2015-5
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 02 Jul 2015
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Emory University - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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reallocation, between-sector effect, total factor productivity growth, heavy versus light sectors, long-term versus short-term loans, labor share, lending frictions, incentive compatibility

Trends and Cycles in China's Macroeconomy

NBER Working Paper No. w21244
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 08 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2023
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Emory University - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Precautionary Corporate Liquidity

Univ. of Zurich Working Paper No. 465
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Feb 2010
Kaiji Chen, Zheng Michael Song and Yikai Wang
Emory University - Department of Economics, Fudan University - School of Economics and University of Zurich
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News, Financial Constraint, Corporate Savings

What We Learn from China's Rising Shadow Banking: Exploring the Nexus of Monetary Tightening and Banks' Role in Entrusted Lending

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2016-1
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 01 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2022
Kaiji Chen, Jue Ren and Tao A. Zha
Emory University - Department of Economics, Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Regulatory arbitrage, asset pricing, institutional asymmetry, entrusted loans, risk taking, shadow loans, bank loans, nonloan investment, nonbank trustees, small banks, large banks, balance sheets, optimal decisions

What We Learn from China's Rising Shadow Banking: Exploring the Nexus of Monetary Tightening and Banks' Role in Entrusted Lending

NBER Working Paper No. w21890
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 20 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2023
Kaiji Chen, Jue Ren and Tao A. Zha
Emory University - Department of Economics, Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Financial Frictions on Capital Allocation: A Transmission Mechanism of TFP Fluctuations

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 14 May 2009
Kaiji Chen and Zheng Michael Song
Emory University - Department of Economics and Fudan University - School of Economics
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Financial Friction, Capital Reallocation, TFP Fluctuation, News Shock

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Macroeconomic Effects of China's Financial Policies

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2018-12
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2020
Kaiji Chen and Tao A. Zha
Emory University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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marketized tools, regime change, growth, investment, capital intensity, local governments, regulations, shadow banking, debts, real estate, preferential credits, industrialization, SOEs, POEs, heavy and light sectors, monetary stimulus, trends and cycles

Macroeconomic Effects of China's Financial Policies

NBER Working Paper No. w25222
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2023
Kaiji Chen and Tao A. Zha
Emory University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Monetary Stimulus Amidst the Infrastructure Investment Spree: Evidence from China's Loan-Level Data

NBER Working Paper No. w27763
Number of pages: 119 Posted: 31 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
Emory University - Department of Economics, Renmin University of China, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Monetary Stimulus Amidst the Infrastructure Investment Spree: Evidence from China's Loan-Level Data

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 18 Sep 2020
Kaiji Chen
Emory University - Department of Economics
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Infrastructure investment, monetary policy transmission, fiscal shocks, policy interaction, credit reallocation, LGFVs

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Misallocation and the Recovery of Manufacturing TFP after a Financial Crisis

Norges Bank Working Paper 2013/01
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 May 2013
Kaiji Chen and Alfonso A. Irarrazabal
Emory University - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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Misallocation, TFP, Chile

Impacts of Monetary Stimulus on Credit Allocation and Macroeconomy: Evidence from China

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2016-9
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 26 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2017
Emory University - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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asymmetric credit allocation, endogenous regime switching, debt-to-GDP ratio, heavy GDP, heavy loans, real estate, land prices, GDP growth target, nonlinear effects

Impacts of Monetary Stimulus on Credit Allocation and the Macroeconomy: Evidence from China

NBER Working Paper No. w22650
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 20 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 22 May 2023
Emory University - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Financial Friction, Capital Reallocation and News-Driven Business Cycles

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 11 Jul 2007
Kaiji Chen and Zheng Michael Song
Emory University - Department of Economics and Fudan University - School of Economics
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Financial Friction, Capital Reallocation, Business Cycle

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A Life-Cycle Analysis of Social Security with Housing

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2013
Kaiji Chen
Emory University - Department of Economics
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durable goods, housing market frictions, housing tenure choice, social security

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Investment-Specific Technology Shocks: The Source of Anticipated TFP Fluctuations

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Feb 2014
Kaiji Chen and Edouard Wemy
Emory University - Department of Economics and Emory University
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Investment-specific Technological Change, News Shocks, TFP, General-purpose Technology, Spillover

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The Role of Allocative Efficiency in a Decade of Recovery

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 04 Dec 2013
Emory University - Department of Economics and Norge BankBI Norwegian School of Business
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Allocative Efficiency, TFP, Banking Reform, Preferential Credit Policy, Chile

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Markovian Social Security in Unequal Societies

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Mar 2009
Kaiji Chen and Zheng Michael Song
Emory University - Department of Economics and Fudan University - School of Economics
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Intertemporal Tax Linkage, Markov Perfect Equilibrium, Political Economy, Redistribution, Social Security, Wage Inequality

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Debt and the U.S. Economy

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 27 Sep 2012
Kaiji Chen and Ayse Imrohoroglu
Emory University - Department of Economics and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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government debt, tax distortion

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The Welfare Implications of Social Security for Homeowners

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 May 2006
Kaiji Chen
Emory University - Department of Economics
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Housing, Social Security

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Assessing the Macroeconomic Impact of Bank Intermediation Shocks: A Structural Approach

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2015-8
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 07 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2017
Kaiji Chen and Tao A. Zha
Emory University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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intermediation costs, credit supply channel, micro bank-level data, call reports, senior loan officers, identification, supply and demand, intermediation costs, endogenous monitoring activities

Cyclical Lending Standards: A Structural Analysis

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2020-6
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 23 May 2020
Kaiji Chen, Patrick C. Higgins and Tao A. Zha
Emory University - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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endogenous regime switching, asymmetric credit allocation, land prices, heavy GDP, debt-to-GDP ratio, nonlinear effects, GDP growth target, heavy loans, real estate

Cyclical Lending Standards: A Structural Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w27214
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 26 May 2020 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Kaiji Chen, Patrick C. Higgins and Tao A. Zha
Emory University - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Monetary Stimulus Amid the Infrastructure Investment Spree: Evidence from China's Loan-Level Data

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2020-16
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 20 Apr 2021
Emory University - Department of Economics, Renmin University of China, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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infrastructure investment; monetary policy transmission; fiscal shocks; policy interaction; credit reallocation; LGFVs

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Chinese Housing Market Sentiment Index

IMF Working Paper No. 2024/264
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 27 Dec 2024
Kaiji Chen and Yunhui Zhao
Emory University - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Chinese Housing Market Sentiment, Generative AI, Monetary Policy Transmission, Consumption, Crowding-Out

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Preferential Credit Policy with Sectoral Markup Heterogeneity

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 29 May 2024
Emory University - Department of Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Emory University - Goizueta Business School, University of Hong Kong (HKU), HKU Business School and Peking University- Institute of New Structural Economics
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preferential credit policy, sectoral markup heterogeneity, capital misallocation, inefficient firm entry and exit

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Aggregate and Distributional Impacts of Ltv Policy: Evidence from China's Micro Data

NBER Working Paper No. w28092
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 16 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2023
Kaiji Chen, Qing Wang, Tong Xu and Tao A. Zha
Emory University - Department of Economics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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The Impact of Monetary Policy on Bank Funding Composition: The Role of Deposit Market Regulation

NBER Working Paper No. w31396
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2023
Kaiji Chen, Yiqing Xiao and Tao A. Zha
Emory University - Department of Economics, Peking University and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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China's Macroeconomic Development: The Role of Gradualist Reforms

NBER Working Paper No. w31395
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2023
Kaiji Chen and Tao A. Zha
Emory University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Chinese Housing Market Sentiment Index: A Generative AI Approach and An Application to Monetary Policy Transmission

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 13 Feb 2025
Yunhui Zhao and Kaiji Chen
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Emory University - Department of Economics
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Generative AI, Monetary Policy Transmission, Consumption, Crowding-Out, Chinese Housing Market Sentiment

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Constructing Quarterly Chinese Time Series Usable for Macroeconomic Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w32087
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 29 Jan 2024
Kaiji Chen, Patrick C. Higgins and Tao A. Zha
Emory University - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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