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Abstract We evaluate the duration of the China trade shock and its impact on a wide range of outcomes over the period 2000 to 2019. The shock plateaued in 2010, enabling analysis of its effects for nearly a decade past its culmination. Adverse impacts of import competition on manufacturing...
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We empirically test whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) engages in ethnic prejudice against Chinese in its … conduct Becker's outcome test for evidence of ethnic prejudice. We find that Chinese-named defendants were more likely to be … market reaction was much more muted to the news on the case filing date if the charged defendants are of Chinese descent. Our …
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This chapter investigates the non-market response of firms to international trade shocks increasing the level of competition in U.S. industries. Lobbying expenditures increase as a consequence of import changes related to the China shock. The effect on lobbying is not homogeneous across firms...
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We study the growth of Chinese imports into the United States from autarky during 1950-1970 to about 15 percent of …
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We decompose the "China shock" into two components that induce different adjustments for firms exposed to Chinese … exports: a horizontal shock affecting firms selling goods that compete with similar imported Chinese goods, and a vertical … shock affecting firms using inputs similar to the imported Chinese goods. Combining French accounting, customs, and patent …
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migration response of American workers to two of the most important shocks that hit US manufacturing since the 1990s: Chinese … spillovers outside manufacturing, caused by robots but not by Chinese imports, can explain the different migration responses. We …
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whether it is recognized as legitimate by Chinese citizens. We study how the viewership of US movies--an important element of … the US soft power--is affected by the trade war, utilizing variations across Chinese cities in the exposure to the Trump …
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We assess whether and why trade competition partly explains the sharp decline in U.S. workers' attempts to organize labor unions in recent decades. We find that between 1990-2007, import competition due to the "China Shock" lowered union certification elections by 4.5% among workers in...
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This paper considers the effects of Chinese import competition on firm-level labor market outcomes in Portugal. We … Portuguese firms faced Chinese import competition, based on firm product mix and distribution of sales across countries. We find … economically and statistically significant employment declines in firms with more exposure to Chinese competition in European …
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a large-scale scandal that affected the Chinese dairy industry in 2008. Leveraging rich firm-product level …
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