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ID138899
Title ProperGrowth slowdown in China since 2008
Other Title Informationwill there be a hard landing in the near future?
LanguageENG
AuthorLai, Pingyao
Summary / Abstract (Note)China has witnessed an unprecedented great leap forward in investment since the 2008 global financial crisis, and at the same time real GDP growth has undergone a significant slowdown. This paper examines China's growth slowdown since 2008 up to 2013 using a growth accounting model in a systematic way. It is found that China's growth slowdown since 2008 almost completely comes from a sharp slowdown in total factor productivity growth. During this period, the positive effect on growth from expanding investment has been completely offset by the negative effect of the slowdown in total factor productivity growth. Currently, China's economy has slid into the Solow downward path. Under these circumstances, a soft landing is completely infeasible. Unless the Chinese Government implements substantial rebalancing and comprehensive and in-depth market-oriented reform, accompanied by large-scale de-investment (decreasing in the ratio of investment in GDP) and massive employment adjustment, China will be unable to avoid the Solow downward path, and a hard landing in investment will be inevitable in the near future.
`In' analytical NoteChina and World Economy Vol. 23, No.3; May/Jun 2015: p.42–58
Journal SourceChina and World Economy 2015-06 23, 3
Key WordsChina ;  Total Factor Productivity ;  Growth Accounting ;  Expanding Investment ;  Hard Landing ;  Soft Landing