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The Chinese Economy

Recent Trends and Policy Issues

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Giorgio Gomel

    1. , Intl. Economic Analysis and Relations, Bank of Italy, Rome, Italy

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  2. Daniela Marconi

    1. , Intl. Economic Analysis and Relations, Bank of Italy, Rome, Italy

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  3. Ignazio Musu

    1. , Department of Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venezia, Germany

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  4. Beniamino Quintieri

    1. , Department of Economics, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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  • Up-to-date original research Statistical tools for forecasting and for microeconomic analysis

  • Broad range of key issues for the Chinese economy

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Giorgio Gomel, Daniela Marconi, Ignazio Musu, Beniamino Quintieri
    Pages 1-5

  3. Statistical Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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  4. Statistical issues

    1. Forecasting World Output: The Rising Importance of Emerging Asia

      • Alessandro Borin, Riccardo Cristadoro, Roberto Golinelli, Giuseppe Parigi
      Pages 9-34

    2. Macroeconomic Developments in China: The Statistical Challenges

      • Marco Marini, Francesco Zollino
      Pages 35-53

    3. Technical Efficiency and Governance: The Case of China

      • Giovanni Ferri, Li-Gang Liu, Camilla Mastromarco
      Pages 55-79

  5. Demographic Changes, Urbanization and Household Savings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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  6. Demographic changes, urbanization and household savings

    1. Demographic Trends and Sustainability of the Old-Age Security System in China

      • Enrica Di Stefano
      Pages 83-100

    2. Urban and Rural Household Savings in China: Determinants and Policy Implications

      • Riccardo Cristadoro, Daniela Marconi
      Pages 101-135

    3. Saving Rates of Urban Households in China

      • Agar Brugiavini, Guglielmo Weber, Binzhen Wu
      Pages 137-159

  7. China and World Trade: Challenges and Opportunities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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  8. China and world trade: challenges and opportunities

    1. The “China Effect” on EU Exports to OECD Markets: A Focus on Italy

      • Giorgia Giovannetti, Marco Sanfilippo, Margherita Velucchi
      Pages 163-180

    2. The Sophistication of China’s Exports, Imports and Intermediate Products

      • Enrico Marvasi
      Pages 181-209

    3. Environmental Goods Trade and Technology in China

      • Giovanni Foresti, Stefania Trenti
      Pages 211-233

    4. Trends in Private Consumption in China: The Emergence of the Chinese High-Income Class and Its Global Relevance

      • Alessandro Gambini, Manuela Marianera
      Pages 235-253

    5. Are Firms Exporting to China and India Different from Other Exporters?

      • Giorgio Barba Navaretti, Matteo Bugamelli, Riccardo Cristadoro, Daniela Maggioni
      Pages 255-282
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About this book

​​This book takes readers on a unique journey across some of the most debated implications of the rise of the Chinese economy on the global scene. From the analysis, suggestions emerge on how to improve statistical tools to measure performance and to obtain more precise macroeconomic forecasts. Moreover, it confirms the suspicion that a governance model of firms that does not sufficiently encourage market competition may have significant costs in terms of efficiency for the Chinese production system. The analysis of demographic factors and of household savings gives further support to calls for a serious reform effort, particularly of the pension and health care systems, to utilize households’ savings more efficiently and equitably. Finally the analyses of Chinese and global trade underscore the need for a less superficial consideration of the implications of the Chinese presence in global markets.​

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Intl. Economic Analysis and Relations, Bank of Italy, Rome, Italy

    Giorgio Gomel, Daniela Marconi

  • , Department of Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venezia, Germany

    Ignazio Musu

  • , Department of Economics, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Beniamino Quintieri

About the editors

Giorgio Gomel graduated in Political Science from the University of Torino and obtained an MPhil. in Economics from Columbia University in New York. From 1982 to 1984 he was Assistant to Italy’s Executive Director at the IMF. He now heads the International Economic Analysis and Relations Department of the Bank of Italy. He represents the Bank of Italy in a number of international committees and institutions (IMF, G7, G20). He is the author of numerous articles on international monetary economics, LDCs’ external debt, migration, EMU and the economies of the Mediterranean.

Daniela Marconi graduated in Economics from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”; she received a M.A. degree in economics from Coripe Piemonte (Torino, Italy) and obtained a MPhil. form Duke University (North Carolina, USA). In 2008/09 she was a visiting research fellow at the International Development Department of the University of Oxford (UK). Since 2002 she works as Senior Economist in the Bank of Italy’s Emerging Market and World Trade Division, conducting macroeconomic and structural analysis on emerging economies, particularly on China. Her main academic interests relate to international trade, technological progress, economic growth and environmental economics. She authored numerous papers and articles in these areas.

Ignazio Musu is full Professor of Economics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, where he has been Dean of the Department of Economics and member of the Academic Senate. From 1999 to 2005 he was Dean of Venice International University where he is now in charge of the Sino-Italian Training Program in Sustainable Development. He is currently Member of the Advisory Board of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Fellow of the Italian “Accademia dei Lincei” and Member of the Advisory Board of the Bank of Italy.

Beniamino Quintieri is Dean and full professor of International Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. He is Chairman of the “Manlio Masi Foundation – National Observatory for Internationalisation and Trade”. From 2007 to 2011 he was Commissioner General of Italy of the World Exposition of Shanghai 2010. From 2001 to 2004 Chairman of the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE – Istituto nazionale per il Commercio Estero).

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