Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically study whether China could achieve strong export market power considering its highly decentralized coke production and trade. Design/methodology/approach – By using time series data, this paper econometrically estimates the coke export...

In the recent literature, increasing attention has been paid to cases when the shocks to a small number of firms would lead to large volatility in many sectors. Theorists find that supply chains play a role, as the shocks to a firm or a sector may propagate through the input–output linkages...