Conclusion

Mark A. Weaver

Chapter Chapter 10 in Animal Spirits with Chinese Characteristics, 2012, pp 173-177 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Chinese investment cycles result from a collective action problem facing the Party and its members. On the one hand, overinvestment is undesirable for the Party as a whole because it is economically destabilizing. Individual decision makers, on the other hand, do not take the macroeconomic effects of their actions into account. For local officials, the optimal level of investment may be practically unlimited, particularly when the objective is to advance their own careers or to provide a vehicle for corruption.

Keywords: Political Reform; Collective Action Problem; Soft Budget Constraint; Animal Spirit; Individual Decision Maker (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137110121_10

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