Sustainable Development in China? A Nonparametric Decomposition of Economic Growth

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aut.relation.articlenumber102041
aut.relation.endpage102041
aut.relation.journalChina Economic Review
aut.relation.startpage102041
aut.relation.volume81
dc.contributor.authorDeng, Z
dc.contributor.authorSong, S
dc.contributor.authorJiang, N
dc.contributor.authorPang, R
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-15T23:25:42Z
dc.date.available2023-10-15T23:25:42Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-18
dc.description.abstractChina has undergone significant deviations from the command economy established in 1949, achieving unprecedented success in sustaining high growth. Consequently, numerous scholars have devoted their attention to studying China's economic development. In this study, we contribute to this literature using a new technique to examine China's economic development. This technique utilizes nonparametric directional distance function in the framework of neoclassical growth theory. It avoids the assumptions imposed on parametric production functions that are often short of practical justifications. Our analysis shows that capital and energy inputs account for 75.7% and 20.8% of China's GDP growth during 1985–2020. These figures characterize a capital-driven growth model that is unlikely to be sustainable by conventional wisdom. However, our empirical evidence, obtained through an interactive-fixed effects model, indicates that it is not unreasonable to say that growth in China is government-led rather than capital-driven; the former could be sustained by desirable reforms under strong national leadership while the latter is not.
dc.identifier.citationChina Economic Review, ISSN: 1043-951X (Print); 1873-7781 (Online), Elsevier BV, 81, 102041-102041. doi: 10.1016/j.chieco.2023.102041
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.chieco.2023.102041
dc.identifier.issn1043-951X
dc.identifier.issn1873-7781
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/16784
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.relation.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043951X23001268
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject38 Economics
dc.subject3801 Applied Economics
dc.subject3802 Econometrics
dc.subject3803 Economic Theory
dc.subject8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
dc.subject14 Economics
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subject3801 Applied economics
dc.subject3802 Econometrics
dc.subject3803 Economic theory
dc.titleSustainable Development in China? A Nonparametric Decomposition of Economic Growth
dc.typeJournal Article
pubs.elements-id522579
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