The Chinese Inflation 1937-1949 / Shun-Hsin Chou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chou, Shun-Hsin, author.

Series:

Studies of the East Asian Institute

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1963]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Presents a study of China's wartime and postwar inflation to analyze the process of the inflation with special emphasis on its economic and social effects.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword / Wilbur, C. Martin

Preface and Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

I. The Pattern of the Chinese Inflation

II. Receipt and Expenditure: Inflationary Pressures in the Government Sector

III. Consumption and Investment: Inflationary Pressures in the Private Sector

IV. Foreign Exchange and Trade Policy: Inflationary Pressures in the International Sector

V. Trade, Payment, and Foreign Aid: Inflationary Pressures in the International Sector

VI. Bank Credit, Velocity, and Inflation

VII. The Redistributional Effects of the Chinese Inflation

VIII. A Comparison of the Chinese and Other Inflations

Epilogue

Appendix I. Mechanics of Inflationary Spiral

Appendix 2. Statistics of Chinese Government Revenue and Expenditure

Appendix 3. Effects of Inflation on Government Debt in Foreign Currencies

Appendix 4. Effects of Inflation on Income Tax

Appendix 5. Changes in Private Holdings in Foreign Assets

Appendix 6. Supplementary Tables

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89249-7

OCLC:

1100439908