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Tracing CO2 emissions in global value chains

Meng, Bo; Peters, Glen; Wang, Zhi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

This paper integrates two lines of research into a unified conceptual framework: trade in global value chains and embodied emissions. This allows both value added and emissions to be systematically traced at the country, sector, and bilateral levels through various production network routes. By...

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Dual Track Reforms: With and Without Losers

Che, Jiahua; Facchini, Giovanni - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2005

The dual track approach to market liberalization has been widely recognized as the key to the success of the Chinese economic reform. In this paper we study the effectiveness of this strategy in economic environments where the status quo government control is incomplete. We show that in a...

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Do Not Get Trapped into Crossing: Indian Firms and Foreign Markets

Navaretti, Giorgio Barba; Galeotti, Marzio; Tucci, … - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2002

’ export share and productivity gains. Productivity growth declines with the share of exports on total sales, up to a threshold …, productivity gains also arise for smaller export shares. One likely explanation of this finding is that being successful in the … export market for exporters of traditional products also requires investments in technological upgrading. These investments …

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How do Very Open Economies Absorb Large Immigration Flows? Recent Evidence from Spanish Regions

Gonzalez, Libertad; Ortega, Francesc - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2008

In recent years, Spain has received unprecedented immigration flows. Between 2001 and 2006 the fraction of the population born abroad more than doubled, increasing from 4.8% to 10.8%. For Spanish provinces with above-median inflows (relative to population), immigration increased the high school...

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Illegal Immigration and Media Exposure: Evidence on Individual Attitudes

Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria; Puglisi, Riccardo - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2009

Illegal immigration has been the focus of much debate in receiving countries, but little is known about what drives individual attitudes towards illegal immigrants. To study this question, we use the CCES survey, which was carried out in 2006 in the United States. We find evidence that - in...

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Exchange Rate Pass-Through, Domestic Competition, and Inflation: Evidence from the 2005/08 Revaluation of the Renminbi

Auer, Raphael A. - CESifo - 2012

This paper quantifies the effect of the government-controlled appreciation of the Chinese renminbi (RMB) vis-à-vis the USD from 2005 to 2008 on the prices charged by US producers. As the RMB during that time was pegged to a basket of currencies, the empirical strategy must account for the fact...

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The Collapse Speed of China's Exports in the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis

Jing, Ran - CESifo - 2011

This paper studies the performance of China’s exports during the 2008—2009 financial crisis. It focuses on the speed at which China’s exports were hit by this downturn. Product-country monthly exports data is utilized. It is found that GDP growth rates of importing countries play an...

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Does China Still Have a Labor Cost Advantage?

Ceglowski, Janet; Golub, Stephen - CESifo - 2011

In recent years wages in China have been rising and the yuan has appreciated, potentially eroding China’s cost advantage in manufactures. This paper explores the evolution of China’s relative unit labor costs in manufacturing over 1998-2009. Between 1998 and 2003 China’s unit labor costs...

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China's Outward FDI: An Industry-level Analysis of Host Country Determinants

Amighini, Alessia; Rabellotti, Roberta; Sanfilippo, Marco - CESifo - 2011

We provide an empirical analysis of host country determinants of Chinese outward FDI for the period 2003 to 2008, using data disaggregated by country and industry. We want to assess the relevance of market-seeking, resource-seeking and strategic asset seeking motivations suggested by the theory...

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Tariff reductions and labor demand elasticities : evidence from Chinese firm-level data

Sato, Hitoshi; Zhu, Lianming - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

heterogenous firm model in which firms are allowed to export their products and to use imported intermediate inputs. The model …

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