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Beijing bubble, beijing bust: inequality, trade, and capital inflow into China
Beijing Blase, Beijing Krise: Ungleichheit, Handel und Kapitalzufluss nach China
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Abstract
This paper explores the relationships between inequality, trade, and capital flows into China since the early 1990s and particularly in the first years of the present decade. We show that the rise in economic inequality in China has more to do directly with the activities associated with China's fin... view more
This paper explores the relationships between inequality, trade, and capital flows into China since the early 1990s and particularly in the first years of the present decade. We show that the rise in economic inequality in China has more to do directly with the activities associated with China's financial and building boom, notably in Beijing, than with the massive growth in manufacturing employment and in Chinese exports since China joined the WTO in 2001. Nevertheless, it is likely that a flow of profits from the export boom did feed the speculative fires in the capital and elsewhere, and therefore it should be no surprise that the fall of one should be linked to the fall of the other, in a particularly painful reduction of economic inequality.... view less
In diesem Artikel werden die Beziehungen zwischen Ungleichheit, Handel und Kapitalzufluss nach China seit den frühen 1990er Jahren untersucht. Es wird aufgezeigt, dass die steigende wirtschaftliche Ungleichheit in China weit mehr mit Chinas Finanz- und Bauboom insbesondere in Beijing zu tun hat als ... view more
In diesem Artikel werden die Beziehungen zwischen Ungleichheit, Handel und Kapitalzufluss nach China seit den frühen 1990er Jahren untersucht. Es wird aufgezeigt, dass die steigende wirtschaftliche Ungleichheit in China weit mehr mit Chinas Finanz- und Bauboom insbesondere in Beijing zu tun hat als mit dem großen Anstieg der Beschäftigung in der Produktion und in Chinas Exporten seit dem WTO-Beitritt im Jahr 2001.... view less
Keywords
speculation; capital transactions; economic development (single enterprise); foreign trade; price level; commerce; inequality; export; economic growth; import; financial market; regional comparison; industry; economic sector; China; present
Classification
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
Political Economy
Method
applied research; empirical; historical; quantitative empirical
Free Keywords
Economics; Domestic trade; Foreign trade; Finance; Speculation (economy); Disparities in economic structures; Wirtschaftswissenschaften; Binnenhandel; Finanzen; Disparitäten der Wirtschaftsstruktur; Present
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 3-26
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 38 (2009) 2
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works