The productivity of manufacturing firms in China has increased tremendously after China’s WTO accession. Most of the existing research focuses on examining the contribution of input and output tariff reductions to the increasing productivity of Chinese manufacturing firms. However, an...

1.Introduction to Services and GVC Activities ASEAN and East Asia -- 2.Changes in the Business Conditions of small and medium sizes enterprises during COVID-19: industry and regional analysis in Japan -- 3.Establishment Dynamics and Employment Growth of FDI Service Firms Evidence from Korea --...

A tribute to a member of our team. The work on measuring restrictions on trade in services would not have been possible without Kaleeswaran Kalirajan. KK, as he was known, was an extremely talented and energetic econometrician who worked tirelessly to develop new methodologies to measure the...