This paper presents an empirical analysis to improve our understanding of the catch-up and convergence tendencies of total factor productivity (TFP) growth across the Chinese provinces over 2003¨C2012. After controlling for the province heterogeneity, our regression results show that the...

Developed counties are speeding up reconstruction of pattern of international economy and trade in the post-financial crisis era, which brings both great opportunities and challenges to the development of China?s national economy. In order to be geared to TPP and TTIP rules as well as to force...

This paper investigates the competitiveness of domestic commercial banking in China by evaluating the performance of Chinese commercial banks after China's accession to the World Trade Organization. Based on a panel of 14 banks over the period 2002-2009, we measure the efficiency of Chinese...

In this study, based on the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) framework, we empirically examine the effects of trade openness and the level of economic development on pollution emission across the Chinese provinces. Our regression analysis shows that increasing trade openness contributes to...

In this paper, we empirically examine the potential effects of international openness, domestic coastal-inland market integration, and human capital accumulation on TFP growth in inland provinces in China. By using a nonlinear technique as our main regression approach as well as an extended GMM...

Based on the theoretical framework of the Solow growth model, this paper employs a dynamic panel data approach to examine the impact of openness on growth and convergence in labor productivity in the Chinese provinces during the period 1984–2008. The study finds that regional openness has a...

type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>In this study, we empirically investigate the issue of strategic interaction among Chinese provincial governments in determining their levels of environmental protection efforts. Based on theoretical models of strategic interaction, which lead to the...</p>

This paper examines the effects of the regional economic environment and technology diffusion on China's regional total factor productivity (TFP) growth. We build a model of TFP growth in which Chinese regions achieve growth in TFP by making use of technology spillovers from the world technology...

Based on data of 31 Chinese provinces over the period 1980-2004, the study in this paper presents new evidence on the effects of structural shocks and structural transformation on growth and convergence among the Chinese regions. The division of overall regional growth in labour productivity...