Part 1. Overview -- Chapter 1.China’s opening-up policies: achievements and prospects -- Part 2. Import substitution & trade protection -- Chapter 2. The economics of price scissors: an empirical investigation for China -- Chapter 3.Measuring the impact of trade protection on industrial...

Innovation depends on exporting and, in particular, on scale and competition in export markets. We develop a theory featuring (1) quality-segmented markets, (2) step-by-step innovation that moves firms forward along the quality ladder, and (3) escape-the-competition motives for innovation. We...

1. Introduction / Yiping Huang -- 2. China's rapid growth and development : a historical and international context / Ligang Song -- 3. Double transition and China's export-led growth / Yang Yao -- 4. Understanding changing trends in Chinese wages / Cai Fang, Wang Meiyan and Du Yang -- 5. Climate...

Understanding the Recent Sino-U.S. Trade Conflict -- The Status of China’s Market Economy and Structural Reforms: The Issues behind the U.S.-China Trade War -- The Day After Tomorrow: Evaluating the Burden of Trump’s Trade War -- The Potential Impact of China–US BIT on China’s...