Essays on Money and Finance: Evidence for China

Introduction

1. Financial Sources and Economic Growth: Firm-Level Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Industry

Introduction – Firms’ Financing Sources – Data Description and Summary Statistics – Informal Financing and Firm Performance – Empirical Results – Conclusion

2. An Evaluation of Different Measures of the Chinese Monetary Policy Stance

Introduction – Literature Review – Different Measurements of Chinese Monetary Policy Stance – Data – The Responsiveness of Monetary Policies – Estimated Response to Monetary Policy Shock – Conclusion – Appendix

3. China’s Monetary Policy and its Impact on Developing Asia: A GVAR Approach

Introduction – China’s Monetary Policy – China and Asia Countries – Method – Data and VARX Setups – Impulse Response Analysis – Conclusion

References

Subject Index