We investigate how the export performance of firms in China is influenced by credit constraints. Using panel data from …

Since the global crisis, China's foreign trade is no longer driven by its involvement in the global supply chains (i ….e. by processing trade) but its dynamics stems from China’s own domestic demand and supply. For foreign funded enterprises …, China is less and less a production base for export and more and more a domestic market to be captured, as shown by their …

Since 2007 China has considerably reduced its external global imbalances. Its bilateral trade surpluses with the EU and … the US have persisted because the rise of China’s import demand has mainly benefited its Asian neighbors and the resource … rich countries. The rapid growth of China’s imports of consumption goods from advanced economies, especially from Europe …

The global crisis is forcing China’s economy to become less dependent on foreign markets. Manufacturing industry has to … demand, while Chinese exporting firms are better placed to switch to dynamic emerging markets. China’s ordinary imports have … lost ground. China has become the engine of the regional economic growth. Foreign-capital firms have played an increasing …

We study how the 2004 reform of minimum wage rules in China has affected the survival, average wage, employment and … entry of more productive ones. Hence, in a fast-growing economy like China, there is a cleansing effect of labor market …