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increase in China's demand for imports from its increased penetration of export markets. Using the gravity model, we …We analyze the impact of China's growth on the exports of other Asian countries. Our innovation is to distinguish the … disaggregate among commodity types and account for the endogeneity of Chinese exports. We confirm the tendency for China's exports …
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census of China's exports. Intermediaries account for around 20% of China's exports in 2005. This implies that many firms … their mode of export - either directly or indirectly through an intermediary. The model predicts that intermediaries will be …
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's terms of trade and further growth in China's export sector. Difference-in-differences regression estimates show that World …Chinese imports and exports grew rapidly during the first three decades of the twentieth century as China opened up to … for unskilled workers producing these goods in China. When the war ended, trade costs declined, leading to a rise in China …
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and joint ventures trade more and import more products from more source countries, but export fewer products to fewer … international trade and the importance of foreign ownership for firms' export and import decisions …
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We find that Chinese trade flows respond to economic activity and relative prices - as represented by a trade weighted exchange rate - but the relationships are not always precisely or robustly estimated. Chinese exports are generally well-behaved, rising with foreign GDP and decreasing as the...
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Over the last three decades, the value of Chinese trade has approximately doubled every four years. This rapid growth has transformed the country from a negligible player in world trade to the world's second largest exporter, as well as a substantial importer of raw materials, intermediate...
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We ask how export demand shocks associated with the Asian financial crisis affected Chinese exporters. We construct … outcomes. We find that firms whose export destinations experience greater currency depreciation have slower export growth, and … that export growth leads to increases firm productivity and other firm performance measures. Consistent with quot …
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predicts that China's share of export markets should grow most rapidly where China's share is initially large. A corollary is … product, China's export unit values should be increasing in distance. We find strong support for this effect in our empirical …China's trade pattern is influenced not just by its overall comparative advantage in labor intensive goods but also by …
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Dooley et al (2003, 2004a,b,c) argue that China seeks to raise urban employment by 10-12 million persons per year, with … about 30% of that coming from export growth. In fact, total employment increased by 7.5-8 million per year over 1997 …-2005. We estimate that export growth over 1997-2002 contributed at most 2.5 million jobs per year, with most of the employment …
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. While the substantial presence of FIEs has contributed greatly to the recent export-led growth of China, an important …
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