techniques on a panel of Danish apparel firms from 1997 to 2010 in order to analyze how firms responded to China's entry to the …. An important qualification is that the quality of exports from the source country is a key determinant in both the uptake … of offshoring and resultant decisions regarding quality. Finally, import competition appears to spur entry of higher …

higher minimum wages fostered aggregate productivity growth thanks to productivity improvements of incumbent firms and net … entry of more productive ones. Hence, in a fast-growing economy like China, there is a cleansing effect of labor market … standards. Minimum wage growth allows more productive firms to replace the least productive ones and forces incumbent firms to …

. Considering the relationship between firm markups and exports, we find evidence that markups are higher for exporters, what …

exports away from destinations characterized by higher, relative RER volatility, and are even more prone to do so when the … handle exchange rate risks, with significant implications for exports at the macro level: a very simple empirical exercise … shows that aggregate exports would have been 6.6% larger if all firms had been able to reallocate exports across …

This work investigates the motivations behind the Chinese fiscal policy on exports. It relies on very detailed product … terms of trade. Our results suggest that the Chinese fiscal policy targeting exports follows a variety of objectives whose …