Informal Finance in China: American and Chinese Perspectives

Informal Finance in China is a compilation of chapters written by leading scholars on informal, or non-bank, finance in China. Presently there is a scarcity of information on informal finance in China, and yet by heavily interacting with bank financing and production, informal finance is estimated to have a significant impact upon GDP and the money supply. With China's financial power increasing in influence in the world economy, there is a growing need to elaborate on the workings of funding sources.