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FDI liberalization as a source of comparative advantage in China
Claro, Sebastián (contributor) - 2008
Three features of China's trade patterns suggest that elements beyond factor abundance explain its export performance. The high penetration in world markets of labourintensive products has been accompanied by: (i) a high share in exports of productivityadvanced foreign-owned enterprises (FIEs),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793555
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The Trade Impact of China on EMU : is it Even Across Members?
Mikkelsen, Uffe - 2012
This paper investigates the asymmetries in trade spillovers from sector-specific technology shocks in China to selected euro area countries. We use a Ricardian-gravity trade model to estimate sectoral competitiveness in individual euro area countries. Simulations on the impact of productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098585
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Competitiveness - A Comparison of China and Mexico
Nowak-Lehmann, Felicitas - 2007
Latin American countries have lost competitiveness in world markets in comparison to China over the last two decades. The main purpose of this study is to examine the causes of this development. To this end an augmented Ricardian model is estimated using panel data. The explanatory variables...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012775853
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Political Connections, State Ownership and Productivity in China
Harris, Richard I. D. - 2017
Subordination of business to political influence has remains pervasive in China. We construct a Schumpeterian-type model of growth with managerial time allocation between productive activities and building up political connections. The model predicts the impact of different patterns of state...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964690
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Component trade and China's global economic integration
Li, Kunwang (contributor); Song, Ligang (contributor);  … - 2008
China's engagement in the so-called international fragmentation of production - namely "cross-border dispersion of component production/assembly within vertically integrated manufacturing industries" - has become an increasingly important form of its economic integration into the regional as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793591
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Do Multinationals Transfer Culture? Evidence on Female Employment in China
Tang, Heiwai - 2017
We study the global diffusion of culture through multinationals, focusing on gender norms. Using data on manufacturing firms in China over 2004-2007, we find that foreign affiliates from countries with a more gender-equal culture tend to employ proportionally more women and appoint female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962989
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China's Rebalancing : Opportunities and Challenges for LAC Exporters
aasaavari, nitya; Di Vittorio, Fabio; Lariau, Ana; Li, Yuebo - 2021
Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), two regions with large growth potential, have become increasingly connected over the last 20 years. China has emerged not only as a top trading partner, but also as an important competitor of LAC exports. China's retreat from certain markets, due...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252045
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Exchange Rate Pass-Through, Domestic Competition, and Inflation : Evidence from the 2005/08 Revaluation of the Renminbi
Auer, Raphael - 2015
This paper quantifies the effect of the government-controlled appreciation of the Chinese renminbi (RMB) vis-à-vis the USD from 2005 to 2008 on the prices charged by US producers. As the RMB during that time was pegged to a basket of currencies, the empirical strategy must account for the fact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013037032
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Substitutability and Protectionism : Latin America's Trade Policy and Imports from China and India
Facchini, Giovanni; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Silva, Peri A.; … - 2021
world markets. To explain higher protection in sectors where a large share is imported from these countries, we extend the … 'protection for sale' model to allow for different degrees of substitutability between domestically produced and imported … varieties. The extension suggests that higher levels of protection towards Chinese goods can be explained by high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317170
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Exchange Rate Pass-Through, Domestic Competition, and Inflation: Evidence from the 2005/08 Revaluation of the Renminbi
Auer, Raphael A. - CESifo - 2012
This paper quantifies the effect of the government-controlled appreciation of the Chinese renminbi (RMB) vis-à-vis the USD from 2005 to 2008 on the prices charged by US producers. As the RMB during that time was pegged to a basket of currencies, the empirical strategy must account for the fact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535633