Economic Growth for China and Japan
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BMFSA(2008-13-1-02BiomedicalSoftComputingandHumanSciences,Vol.13,No.1,pp.7-12(2008
[OriginalArticle]Copyright©1995BiomedicalFuzzySystemsAssociationAcceptedonJanuary14,2008
EconomicGrowthforChinaandJapan
GuoQingZHAO*andHonggangFAN**
*SchoolofEconomics,RenminUniversityofChina**SchoolofInformation,RenminUniversityofChina
Abstract:Inthispaper,acomparativeinvestigationofthetotalfactorproductivities(TFPbetweenChinaandJapanshowsthattheaverageannualgrowthrateofTFPforChinafrom1978to2002is3.7%,mainlycontributedbytheeconomicreformandopen-uppolicy,andthat,onthecontrary,theannualgrowthrateforJapanislowerthan1%aftertheshockof1973OilCrisis.ConsideringthefactthatthegrowthtrendofChina’sTFPafter1994hasbeencontinuouslydeclining,wesuggestthatifChinadoesnotspeeduptheadjustmentofitsindustrialstructureandthetechnologicalinnovation,suchasintroductionofthenewtechniquesfromdevelopedcountries,ChinamayinevitablysufferfromdecliningoftechnologicalprogressaswhathashappenedtoJapan.Finally,theforeigntradepatternsforthetwocountriesarealsoanalyzed.
KeywordsEconomicgrowth,totalfactorproductivity,theratioofforeigntradetonationalincome
1.Introduction1
Economicgrowththeorycomposestheessenceofmacroeconomictheory.In1956SolowandSwan