China's rapid rise in the global economy following its 2001 World Trade Organization (WTO) entry has raised questions … benefits. We find that the China trade shock reduced the U.S. manufacturing price index by 7.6 percent between 2000 and 2006 … (PNTR) to China, effectively removing the threat of China facing very high tariffs on its exports to the United States. A …

We examine the price and variety of products at the barcode level in cities within China and the United States. In both … countries, there is a greater variety of products in larger cities. But in China, unlike the United States, the prices of … follows that the cost of living for grocery-store products in China is lower in larger cities. We further compare the cost …

We view the political process in China as trading off the social benefits of increased trade and foreign direct … of this model are estimated using province-level data on foreign direct investment and trade flows in China, over the … China may find it politically difficult to follow through with liberalizing its trade and investment regimes, such as under …

The latest World Bank estimates of real GDP per capita for China are significantly lower than previous ones. We review … than an output-weighted measure of GDP. Taking all these together, we estimate that real per-capita GDP in China was 50 …