Prospective Expectation-Driven Balance Sheet Repair: An Extension of Koo's Theory and a Correction for the Chinese Context

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China's economic contraction is a chronic, active, expectation-driven process triggered by anticipated demographic decline and institutional uncertainty, rather than a traditional balance sheet recession caused by asset destruction. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONTRADICTORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

Baowei Shan

doi:10.17613/qdf1a-k0a81

September 4, 2026Open Access

Prospective Expectation-Driven Balance Sheet Repair: An Extension of Koo's Theory and a Correction for the Chinese Context

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To evaluate the applicability of Koo's classical balance sheet recession framework to China's economic adjustment and establish an alternative explanatory model.
Identified and evaluated four theoretical paradoxes—asset status, policy logic, demographic timing, and micro-behavioral patterns—in applying classical balance sheet recession theory to China.
Formulated the prospective expectation-driven balance sheet repair framework combining forward-looking demographic discounting with institutional uncertainty.
Demonstrates that economic contraction in China is driven by forward-looking discounting of birth-rate declines and institutional risk rather than systemic insolvency or catastrophic asset crashes.
Identifies active early mortgage repayment and precautionary saving as anticipatory risk-avoidance behaviors that fundamentally differ from Japan's passive debt repayment and strategic default.

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Theoretical analysis reveals prospective expectation-driven balance sheet repair in China's economy, indicating forward-looking demographic discounting rather than sudden asset destruction.

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