increasing in firm productivity while the number of produced products that are exported is weakly increasing in firm productivity … the relationships between firm productivity and the numbers of exported products observed in the data, several demand and …

This paper presents theory and evidence from Chinese firm-product data that, given firm productivity, trade …

This chapter contains the sectoral case study on the automotive industry in China. The objective of this chapter is to … consider the role, if any, of RTAs in the growth of IPNs in automobile sector in China. Without a doubt, IPNs preceded RTAs … factors that are important to these RTAs and which could therefore encourage greater use of IPNs in China. This is done by …

different sectors. The case studies focus on sectors in which IPNs are prevalent in the selected countries. The studies on China …

and countries. Firms’ export decisions depend on a combination of firm “productivity” and firm-product-country “consumer … tastes”, both of which are stochastic and unknown prior to the payment of a sunk cost of entry. Higher-productivity firms … export a wider range of products to a larger set of countries than lower-productivity firms. Trade liberalization induces …

This paper develops a model of international trade where firms are heterogeneous across capacity and productivity. A …

liberalization. Firm productivity in a given product is modeled as a combination of firm-level “ability” and firmproduct- level …-level ability raises a firm’s productivity across all products, which induces a positive correlation between a firm’s intensive … (output per product) and extensive (number of products) margins. Trade liberalization fosters productivity growth within and …

randomly draw their productivity level. Governments collect lump-sum taxes and subsidize these sunk entry costs for the …