finds that, although textile imports from China had a significant positive impact during the first period, this effect … and exportation. Over time, however, the net crowding-out effect was increasing. In the last period, imports from China … consequence of the continent's trade with China. …

The dominance of cotton in the irrigated areas of Central Asia has long been criticized for its ecological effects on … dominated by the conventional cotton and wheat rotation introduced after 1991. The second district is home to a wide range of … the state-mandated monocultures. Moreover, water productivity of HVCs is much higher. Even so, there is practically no …

current paper analyses the nature and effects of state regulation in the cotton sector. In the early 2000s, it was considered … host a "cotton cluster". In the following years, private producers and investors turned away from cotton, and cotton area … and output fell substantially. We argue that the cotton sector performance after 2007 shows how ill-designed regulation …

of China. In this paper we estimate the effect of deep reform (the right to hire and fire labour, buy and sell capital … and operate on international markets) on the productivity dynamics of enterprises. Using a unique balanced panel of 681 … show that exposure to deep reform have lead to higher productivity realisations while remaining under state ownership. …

China has achieved impressive growth over the last three decades. However, there has been debate over the sources of … quantifying their contributions to growth. In this paper, we develop a three-sector dynamic model to quantify the sources of China … continues to absorb more than half of all fixed investment. If capital had been allocated efficiently, China could have achieved …

world markets, despite China being an oil importing country. In this paper we develop a theoretical model that explains the … oil prices that has a stronger impact on its export competitors. This is due to the large labor force surplus of China. We … export competitiveness, together with the oil price, productivity, real exchange rate, and foreign industrial production over …

resources, which raises productivity. Relying on provincial panel data from China, this paper attempts to examine if regional … productivity growth is accounted for by the deepening process of financial development. Towards this end, an appropriate … measurement of financial depth is constructed and then included as a determinant of productivity growth. It finds that a …

This study examines the productivity growth of the nationwide banks of China and a sample of city commercial, banks for … the eleven years to 2007. Estimates of total factor productivity growth are constructed with appropriate confidence … alternative sets of outputs. The productivity growth of the state-owned commercial banks (SOCBs) is compared with the joint …

This study examines the productivity growth of the nationwide banks of China over the ten years to 2006. Using a … bootstrap method for the Malmquist index estimates of productivity growth are constructed with appropriate confidence intervals … for the robustness of the results by examining alternative sets of outputs. The productivity growth of the state …

We explore how changes in ownership and managerial control affect the productivity and profitability of producers …. Using detailed operational, financial, and ownership data from the Japanese cotton spinning industry at the turn of the last … century, we find a more nuanced picture than the straightforward “higher productivity buys lower productivity” story commonly …