We evaluate the role that cities play on individual productivity in China. First, we show that location explains a … external markets does not. Therefore, large agglomeration economies prevail in China and they are more localised than in … China. …

this paper, we test the hypothesis that regional knowledge spillovers positively influence China's innovation growth from … regions encourages the formation of regional knowledge and information flows. Applying a spatial autoregressive model to China …

Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off …

Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off …

This paper explores Southeast Asia's trade performance over the four and a half centuries from 1500 to 1940. It … identifies the determinants of the commodity export performance – falling trade costs, income growth of its trading partners, and … improved supply conditions at home. It also explores its impact on Southeast Asia's growth performance: trade specialization …

This paper analyzes the effects of policy reform on the structure of India’s trade in manufactures, from 1990 to 2006 …. It computes comparative advantage indicators on the basis of disaggregated trade flow data and assesses the effects of … trade liberalization on the evolution of India’s pattern of trade specialization. Industries where import tariffs have been …

This paper investigates the determinants of trade between Oman and its major Asian trading partners in order to gauge … the impact of the process of trade liberalisation. The empirical findings based on the gravity model indicate that Oman … statistically insignificant effect of trade liberalisation on non-oil exports. These findings certainly have policy implications in …

exports of indigenous firms over the three macro-regions of China. While the findings of the empirical analysis should be …

The paper frames the trade relationship between China and Malaysia within the context of ASEAN and the impending RCEP …. Specifically trade potentials are derived for the bilateral partnership within the two structures to identify whether China … external options under the RCEP affect her relationship with Malaysia. Potentials for trade expansion between China and …