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China’s Experience with Indexed Government Bonds, 1988–1996: How Credible Was the People’s Republic’s Anti‐Inflationary Policy?

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  • Richard C. K. Burdekin
  • Xiaojin Hu

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The People’s Republic of China introduced indexed government bonds in the face of the inflation panic of 1988–89 and reintroduced them when inflation surged upward again in 1993. Measures of inflation expectations—as derived from the trading prices of these indexed bonds—suggest that the government gained credibility from its ability to contain inflation in 1989. But the government’s failure to quickly halt the 1993–95 inflation led, by late 1994, to soaring inflation expectations and, ultimately, a heavy financial penalty for the government as the 1992 and 1993 bond issues matured while inflation was still high.

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  • Richard C. K. Burdekin & Xiaojin Hu, 1999. "China’s Experience with Indexed Government Bonds, 1988–1996: How Credible Was the People’s Republic’s Anti‐Inflationary Policy?," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 3(1), pages 66-85, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:rdevec:v:3:y:1999:i:1:p:66-85
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9361.00052
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    1. Amstad, Marlene & Ye, Huan & Ma, Guonan, 2018. "Developing an underlying inflation gauge for China," BOFIT Discussion Papers 11/2018, Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT).
    2. Marlene Amstad & Ye Huan & Guonan Ma, 2014. "Developing an underlying inflation gauge for China," Working Papers 853, Bruegel.

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