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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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Additional Authors
  • Bao, Beibei,
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), issuing body.
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.
Subjects
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
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library