China’s exports have become increasingly sophisticated. This has generated anxiety in developed countries as the … different cities within China, this paper investigates the contributing factors to the rising export sophistication. Somewhat … overlap in the export structure between China and high-income countries. Instead, improvement in human capital and government …

that this dominance is inconsistent with use of a productivity-based allocation of quota licenses by the Chinese government …. Our counterfactual implies that elimination of misallocated quotas raised the overall productivity gain of quota removal …

show that this dominance is inconsistent with use of a productivity-based allocation of quota licenses by the Chinese … government. Our counterfactual implies that elimination of misallocated quotas raised the overall productivity gain of quota …