Consumer Finance and Its Significance

Zeng Gang and Li Guangzi

Chapter Chapter 1 in Development of Consumer Finance in East Asia, 2017, pp 1-18 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter analyzes consumer finance and its significance and discusses consumer finance’s concept and effects as well as its real economic foundation. This chapter also gives an overview of the development of consumer finance in China. According to the authors, the development of the national economy, the formation of the market (in which supply exceeds demand), the residents’ consumer structure, and the social security system are considered to be the four economic bases for consumer finance in China. Moreover, this chapter asserts that the development of the national economy, the acceleration of urbanization, changes in the consumption philosophy among the younger generations, and improvements in the social credit system are the impetus behind the growth of consumer finance in China.

Keywords: Financial Institution; Credit Card; Consumer Finance; Consumer Credit; Household Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-52418-8_1

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