comparative advantage (CA) in U.S. services trade with China and India from 1992 to 2010. The results indicate that the U.S. has a … recently China, gained a CA in modern services, such as computer and information services during the period considered in this … losing its initial dominance. In contrast, the U.S. CA or CDA vis-à-vis China exhibits high levels of persistence over time …

during China’s reform between 1988 and 2002. We pay special attention to the changing role of sorting by ability versus … budget-constraint effects as China’s education policy has changed from one in which the bulk of direct costs are paid by …

Using confidential microdata from the US Census, we find that the fraction of manufacturing plants that export rose … structural estimation approaches find little evidence that the entry costs declined significantly in the US over this period. We … instead argue that changes in other factors that determine export status are sufficient to explain these trends. …

This paper attempts to analyze the direct impact of exchange rate volatility on the export performance of ten Central … aggregate but also bilateral and sectoral export ows are studied. To this end, we rst analyze shifts in exchange rate volatility … export function. The results suggest that the size and the direction of the impact of forex volatility and of regime changes …

In this paper we investigate the export participation of Slovene firms. We first show that sunk costs are an important … factor for explaining the export behavior of Slovene firms. Next we show that when the absorption power of the exporting …

China's reform worked and produced one of the most impressive growth in the largest developing and transition economy … in the world in the past twenty-two years. That China has managed to grow so rapidly despite the absence of many … initial conditions and to function as stepping stones in the transition toward the goal. Underlying China's reform is a serial …

contexts of China and Russia. Using interview data of 159 software entrepreneurs in Beijing and Moscow, the study found that …

cooperation related investment (ECI). While there are suggestions that it is an extension of China‟s soft power aimed at … resource richness is not economically meaningful. Finally, while there is some support for the popular wisdom that China … any, for the hypotheses that China favours doing business with countries where political rights are limited. …