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manufacturing sector of China and India. We first provide a comparison between India and China using a broad international … perspective. We find that China has increased its labor productivity to a level above that of India, but due to a somewhat higher … compensation level, China is still somewhat at a disadvantage in terms of unit labor cost in manufacturing relative to India. In …
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While many studies explain the correlation between firm-level productivity and export status entirely by better firms self-selecting into exporting, a few studies find evidence of reverse causation. Especially in developing or transition economies, exporters seem to improve performance after...
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This paper deals with some structural indicators and their evolution, in China and regions, over the period 1981 …
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characteristics of China's LCC development. The paper then identifies eight problems and challenges for China's LCC development … problems and challenges. Given that China has faced great difficulty ensuring that local governments act in accordance with …Globally as well as in China, cities have contributed to most of the economic output and have accordingly given rise to …
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China's rampant environmental pollution problems and rising greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting climate change … are undermining its long-term economic growth. China, from its own perspective cannot afford to and, from an international … sparked China's determination to improve energy efficiency and cut pollutants, and to increase the use of clean energy in …
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China has gradually recognized that the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the … environment cannot be sustained. It has to be changed. This article focuses on China's efforts towards energy conservation and …
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China's global quest for resources, in particular oil and natural gas, has received unprecedented worldwide attention … and scrutiny. This is partly because of China's own high-profile, active energy diplomacy, its national oil companies … energy security as a result of misconceptions and misunderstandings of China's quest for energy security both inside and …
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This paper reviews the steps that China has taken towards financial reform with a particular focus on capital account …, China's debt has doubled, reaching levels that are clearly above those of most emerging markets. This increases the risks … embedded in financial reform and, in particular, capital account liberalisation. At this juncture, however, China has no option …
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This work compares the different decarbonization strategies of the power sector in China, the European Union and the … countries, Chinese provinces, and US states. The differences among these geographies highlight the challenges and opportunities … networks will be essential. This work is part of a series of papers on the geopolitics of the energy transition in China, the …
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