China's Infrastructure Investment Boom and Local Debt Crisis
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- 1 September 2011
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Eurasian Geography and Economics
- Vol. 52 (5), 686-711
- https://doi.org/10.2747/1539-7216.52.5.686
Abstract
A noted Hong Kong-based economist addresses the emerging financing problems prompted by debt-laden local governments in China in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. More specifically, using the most recent data available, he traces the root of China's local debt overhang to a protracted debt-financed infrastructure investment boom in which several key institutions (the cadre evaluation system, the land management regime, and the banking sector) have created an environment that draws local governments into a land-infrastructure-leverage trap. The author argues that the resulting high levels of debt may ultimately impede the country's efforts to mitigate structural imbalances in its economy. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: H600, H700, P200, P300. 3 figures, 9 tables, 121 references.Keywords
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