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Broken abacus? : a more accurate gauge of China's economy / authors, Daniel H. Rosen and Beibei Bao ; foreword Carsten Holz.
- Title
- Broken abacus? : a more accurate gauge of China's economy / authors, Daniel H. Rosen and Beibei Bao ; foreword Carsten Holz.
- Author
- Rosen, Daniel H.
- Publication
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield
- Washington, DC : CSIS, Center for Strategic & International Studies, September 2015.
- ©2015
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- Description
- xv, 224 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.
- Summary
- This study reassesses China's nominal economic size from the bottom up. It compares China's practices with international standards and reviews the long-standing arguments about Chinese economic statistics to separate real concerns from distractions.
- Series Statement
- A report of the CSIS Freeman chair in China studies
- Uniform Title
- CSIS Freeman chair report.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Statistics
- Statistics.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. A framework to measure a country's economy -- Why we measure determines how we measure -- The system of national accounts -- Gross domestic product under SNA -- Is China concordant with the SNA framework? -- A still evolving system -- 2. A diagnosis of China's GDP data -- Time series data versus snapshot data -- Statistical terms with Chinese characteristics -- Institutional arrangements and constraints -- 3. A better abacus? -- Choice of measurement year and other basics -- Secondary sector -- Tertiary sector -- Primary sector -- Research and development expenditures -- Appendixes -- 4. Conclusions and implications -- Our headline results and China's official revision -- Through domestic economic eyes: revisiting debates -- Through China's political eyes: GDP in a broader context -- Through foreign eyes: a resized rival.
- ISBN
- 9781442240841
- 1442240849
- 9781442240858
- 1442240857
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