Does China's overseas lending favor One Belt One Road countries?

Zhang, Yifei and Fang, Heyang (2020): Does China's overseas lending favor One Belt One Road countries?

Abstract

The One Belt One Road initiative is found to promote China’s overseas lending in the belt road countries, especially for countries along the continental route. Such effect strengthens and persists for at least three years. Our findings show that launching a national strategy could be a decisive determinant of one country’s outbound loans.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: International lending, One Belt One Road
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F34 - International Lending and Debt Problems; F - International Economics > F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance > F42 - International Policy Coordination and Transmission

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