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Trade policy issues and empirical analysis : [papers from a conference held by the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 13 - 14, 1987]
Baldwin, Robert E. (ed.) - 1988 - 1. [print.]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013480866
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In the Shadows of the Government : Relationship Building During Political Turnovers
Fang, Hanming - 2018
We document that following a turnover of the Party Secretary or mayor of a city in China, firms (especially private …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480951
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Why Are Saving Rates so High in China?
Yang, Dennis Tao - 2011
existing studies, we analyze the sources and causes of China's high and rising saving rates in the government, corporate, and … household sectors. Although the causes of China's high saving are complex, we suggest that the evolving economic, demographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461886
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Can a Tiger Change Its Stripes? Reform of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises in the Penumbra of the State
Harrison, Ann E. - 2019
The majority of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China were privatized through ownership reforms over the last two … decades. Using a comprehensive dataset of all medium and large enterprises in China between 1998 and 2013, we show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479431
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Excessive Entry and Exit in Export Markets
Kasahara, Hiroyuki - 2019
Using transaction-level data for all Chinese firms exporting between 2000 and 2006, we find that on average 78% of exporters to a country in a given year were new exporters. Among these new exporters, an average of 60% stopped serving the same country the following year. These rates are higher...
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Anxiety or Pain? The Impact of Tariffs and Uncertainty on Chinese Firms in the Trade War
Benguria, Felipe - 2020
The unexpected outbreak of the U.S.-China trade war led to dramatic increases in the import and export tariffs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482140
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Industrial Clusters, Networks and Resilience to the Covid-19 Shock in China
Dai, Ruochen - 2020
We examine how exposure of Chinese firms to the Covid-19 shock varied with a cluster index (measuring spatial agglomeration of firms in related industries) at the county level. Two data sources are used: entry flows of newly registered firms in the entire country, and an entrepreneur survey...
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Exporting from China : The Determinants of Trade Status
Cooper, Russell W. - 2020
This paper studies the exporting decision of Chinese manufacturing firms. The economic framework stresses the dynamic decision by both state controlled and private entities to export in a model with labor adjustment costs. In this complex environment, a simple decision rule whereby export status...
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The Sources of Capital Misallocation
David, Joel M. - 2017
) firm-specific factors. Applying this method to manufacturing firms in China reveals a modest role for adjustment costs and … account for a limited fraction of observed misallocation in China, but a potentially large share for US firms …
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