Deflation in Hong Kong SAR:

This paper examines the causes of deflation in Hong Kong SAR, exploring whether it reflects a prolonged process of adjustment to cyclical shocks or whether it results from price equalization pressures arising from structural integration with mainland China. To gauge the relative importance of these...

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Main Author: Schellekens, Philip (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C International Monetary Fund 2003
Series:IMF Working Papers Working Paper No. 03/77
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Summary:This paper examines the causes of deflation in Hong Kong SAR, exploring whether it reflects a prolonged process of adjustment to cyclical shocks or whether it results from price equalization pressures arising from structural integration with mainland China. To gauge the relative importance of these factors, the paper provides both an econometric and a qualitative analysis of the price dynamics between Hong Kong SAR and Shenzhen, a neighboring city in mainland China. It finds that the role of price equalization as a source of deflation is minor. Deflation in Hong Kong SAR is best explained by successive cyclical shocks which have been amplified by balance-sheet and wealth effects
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (26 p)
ISBN:1451850018
9781451850017

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