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China's State Capitalism and Its Implications for Growth and Productivity

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K03678
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Economic policy
Research InstitutionHitotsubashi University

Principal Investigator

Wu Harry Xiaoying  一橋大学, 経済研究所, 非常勤研究員 (90571464)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
KeywordsChina’s state capitalism / Institution / Resource misallocation / Productivity / China growth model / State capitalism / Underpaid factor costs / Regional accounts / Regional TFP growth / China model of growth / Regional IO accounts / Regional capital stock / 経済発展論 / 経済政策
Outline of Final Research Achievements

With state-of-the-art methodology in growth accounting, this research project shows that market distortions have kept the Chinese economy operating with increasing costs and deteriorating productivity. China's growth dropped from over 10% per annum following its WTO entry to less than 6% over the period 2012-17. Meanwhile, China's total factor productivity or TFP growth, a critical measure of an economy's efficiency performance, turned from a rise of about 1.5% to a decline of 1.1% a year.
Our study suggests that severe resource misallocations that were attributable to various government interventions have crowded out more efficient private enterprises while exaggerating profits of state-owned or connected enterprises that have led to overinvestment in money-losing projects. This has been raising up the cost of Chinese manufacturing, hence putting the government in a great dilemma while struggling to upgrade its economy after 40 years of rapid growth.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

中国はWTOの加盟が承認された2001年を契機に世界の生産工場として台頭し、その後の中国の急成長と世界経済との統合は、20年間におよぶ国際的なサプライチェーンの前例のない再構築を通して、世界の製造業の分野を大幅に変えた。この変化は世界のほぼすべての主要経済、特に米国、日本をはじめとするアジア全体およびEUの経済に大きな影響を与えることとなった。したがって、中国の生産性パフォーマンスをモニタリングすることは世界の政治経済の今後の変化を予測および理解するために役立つ可能性がある。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (28 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (21 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 15 results,  Invited: 6 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Waikato(ニュージーランド)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] NSD, Peking University/China's Ministry of Finance, Beijing(中国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Losing Steam? - An Industry Origin Analysis of China’s Productivity Slowdown2020

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu
    • Journal Title

      Chapter 8 in Barbara Fraumeni (ed.) Measuring Economic Growth and Productivity: Foundations, KLEMS Production Models, and Extensions, Academic Press,

      Volume: - Pages: 137-167

    • DOI

      10.1016/b978-0-12-817596-5.00008-1

    • ISBN
      9780128175965
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] In Quest of Institutional Interpretation of TFP Change - The Case of China2019

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu
    • Journal Title

      Man and the Economy

      Volume: 6 (2) Issue: 2 Pages: 1-22

    • DOI

      10.1515/me-2018-0015

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Towards an Institutional Interpretation of TFP Changes in China2019

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu
    • Journal Title

      Center for Economic Institutions Working Paper Series, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

      Volume: 2019-4 Pages: 1-30

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Accounting for the role of information and communication technology in China's productivity growth2018

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu, David T. Liang
    • Journal Title

      Productivity Dynamics in Emerging and Industrialized Countries

      Volume: - Pages: 331-362

    • DOI

      10.4324/9781351002547

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] How Does the Productivity and Economic Growth Performance of China and India Compare in the Post-Reform Era, 1981 - 2011?2017

    • Author(s)
      Wu, Harry X., K.L. Krishna, Deb Kusum Das and Pilu Chandra Das
    • Journal Title

      International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards

      Volume: 33 Pages: 91-113

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] China's Forty Years of Productivity Performance - Towards a Theory-Methodology-Measurement- Coherent Analysis2019

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu
    • Organizer
      2nd China Conference on Growth and Development
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Forty Years of China’s Growth and Productivity Performance -- Challenges from an East Asia Perspective2019

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu
    • Organizer
      Public lecture at Faculty of Economics, St Petersburge State University
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Comparing sectoral productivity levels in India and China2019

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu, Abdul Erumban, Deb Kusum Das and David Liang
    • Organizer
      The Fifth Asian KLEMS Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] State Capitalism with the Chinese Characteristics - Exploring ideas2019

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu
    • Organizer
      IMeRA Seminar
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Productivity Impact of China’s Forty Years of Labor Force Transformation2019

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu and George Zhang
    • Organizer
      AMU-AMSE & IrAsia Workshop “Environment, Industrialization and Migrations: Gathering data over time and space in Asia”, Paris School of Economics
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Productivity Impact of China’s Forty Years of Labor Force Transformation2019

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu and George Zhang
    • Organizer
      AMU-AMSE & IrAsia Workshop “Environment, Industrialization and Migrations: Gathering data over time and space in Asia”, Aix-Marseille University
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Transformation of Chinese Labor Force in Forty Years - Accounting for Quantity, Quality and Structural Changes in Labor Input2018

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu, and George Zhang
    • Organizer
      the 10th The China Center for Human Capital and Labor Market Research (CHLR) Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Losing steam? - an industry origin analysis of China's productivity slowdown2018

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu
    • Organizer
      The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW) 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Intangible Investment by Industry in China2018

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu
    • Organizer
      The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW) 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Construction of Productivity Accounts for China's Pre-Communist Industrialization Period, 1880-19492018

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu
    • Organizer
      XVIII World Economic History Conference (WEHC) 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Sources of Growth in China's Modern Sector, 1912-19362018

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu
    • Organizer
      XVIII World Economic History Conference (WEHC) 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Information and Communication Technology in China's Productivity Growth2018

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu, and David T. Liang
    • Organizer
      The Fifth World KLEMS Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] China's Institutional Impediment to Productivity Growth: An Industry-Origin Growth Accounting Approach2018

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu
    • Organizer
      the World Bank
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] China's Forty Years of Productivity Performance - Towards a Theory-Methodology-Measurement- Coherent Analysis2018

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu
    • Organizer
      Seminar at School of Economics and Management
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Towards a More Policy-Oriented TFP Study - An Exploratory Discussion2018

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu
    • Organizer
      Seminar at National Development School, Peking University
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The Chinese Economy: Challenges and Perspectives - A Strict Productivity Approach2018

    • Author(s)
      Harry X. Wu
    • Organizer
      James Cook University Asian Market Forum 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Sustainability of the China Model of Growth ; An Industry-Origin Productivity Approach2017

    • Author(s)
      Wu, Harry X.
    • Organizer
      the 2nd WCCE
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] How Do China and India Compare in Post-Reform Growth and Productivity Performances?2017

    • Author(s)
      Wu, Harry X., K.L. Krishna, Deb Kusum Das and Pilu Chandra Das
    • Organizer
      Groningen Growth and Development Centre 25th Anniversary Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Sustainability of the China Model of Growth ; A Productivity Perspective2017

    • Author(s)
      Wu. Harry X.
    • Organizer
      China Institute of Economic Research (CIER)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Is the China Model of Growth Sustainable ; A Productivity Perspective2017

    • Author(s)
      Wu, Harry X.
    • Organizer
      2017 CommonWealth Economic Forum (CWEF)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] China’s productivity performance revisited from the perspective of ICTs2017

    • Author(s)
      Wu, Harry X., David T. Liang
    • Organizer
      VOX, CEPR’s Policy Portal
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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