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Contagious exporting and foreign ownership : evidence from firms in Shanghai using a Bayesian spatial bivariate probit model
Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; Kesina, Michaela - 2018
Whether a firm is able to attract foreign capital and whether it may participate at the export market depends on whether the fixed costs associated with doing so are at least covered by the incremental operating profits. This paper provides evidence that success for some firms in attracting...
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Do multinationals transfer culture? : evidence on female employment in China
Tang, Heiwai; Zhang, Yifan - 2017
firms in China over 2004-2007, we find that foreign affiliates from countries with a more gender-equal culture tend to … raises China's aggregate total factor productivity by 5%, of which spillovers from multinationals account for 19%. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011587967
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International joint ventures and internal vs. external technology transfer : evidence from China
Jiang, Kun; Keller, Wolfgang; Qiu, Larry D.; Ridley, William - 2018
ventures in China from 1998 to 2007 - roughly a quarter of all international joint ventures in the world - we find, first, that … virtually absent in broad sectors that include economic activities for which China's FDI policy has prohibited joint ventures. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011855593
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Credit constraints and FDI spillovers in China
Agarwal, Natasha; Milner, Chris; Riaño, Alejandro - 2013
This paper examines whether credit constraints affect Chinese firms' absorption of productivity spillovers from foreign firms. Using firm-level data for 2001-2005, we find evidence of positive spillovers originating from FDI from countries other than Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for non-state...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764981
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A spatial analysis of inward FDI and rural-urban wage inequality : evidence from China
Wang, Hao; Fidrmuc, Jan; Luo, Qi - 2020
with respect to entry modes and sectoral distribution. On the basis of a panel dataset covering 30 provinces in China from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012211131
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Learning to export from neighbors
Fernandes, Ana; Tang, Heiwai - 2014
This paper studies how learning from neighboring firms affects new exporters' performance and dynamics. We develop a statistical decision model in which a firm updates its prior belief about demand of a foreign market based on the number of neighbors currently selling there, the level and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010256701
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The changing patterns of investment in the PRC economy
Holz, Carsten A. - 2017
The investment-intensive growth model of the People's Republic of China (PRC) is often viewed as state-driven and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011657882
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China's investment rate : implications and prospects
Holz, Carsten A. - 2017
For the past nearly forty years, China has experienced average annual real GDP growth of close to ten percent, much of … expenditures. This paper documents the role of investment in driving economic growth in China, questions how much longer China can … reduction in investment. It also notes that investment in China remains broad-based across all economic sectors, with little …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011659322
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Why is China investing in Africa? : evidence from the firm level
Chen, Wenjie; Dollar, David; Tang, Heiwai - 2016
China's increased trade with and investment in Africa have boosted the continent's economic growth but have also … generated considerable controversy. In this paper we investigate China's outward direct investment ODI in Africa using macro and … micro data. The aggregate data on China's ODI in African countries reveal that China's share of the stock of foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485198
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Is there a nonlinear relationship between economic growth and inequality? : theory and lessons from ASEAN, People Republic of China and India
Gangopadhyay, Partha; Bhattacharyay, Biswanath - 2015
(economic growth). Our findings for the Associations of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), People Republic of China and India (ACI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531112