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The domestic segment of global supply chains in China under state capitalism
Tang, Heiwai; Wang, Fei; Wang, Zhi - 2014
estimate direct and indirect domestic value added in exports of different types of firm. We find that in China, both state … downstream within industries. These findings suggest that SOEs still play an important role in shaping China's exports. …
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How firms export : processing vs. ordinary trade with financial frictions
Manova, Kalina; Yu, Zhihong - 2016 - This Draft: February 22, 2016
supply chains - and how this decision affects performance. We exploit matched customs and balance-sheet data from China …
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Impact of European food safety border inspections on agri-food exports : evidence from Chinese firms
Beestermöller, Matthias; Disdier, Anne-Célia; … - 2016
The cost of complying with a sanitary standard is certain. However, such regulatory measure is a source of uncertainty for exporting firms in relation to border rejections. Shipments may fail to pass inspections and may be refused entry into the importing country. We examine how the risk of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447532
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Growing like China : firm performance and global production line position
Chor, Davin; Manova, Kalina; Yu, Zhihong - 2020
matched firm-level customs and manufacturing survey data, together with Input-Output tables for China, to examine how Chinese … production stages conducted in China over the 1992-2014 period, both in the aggregate and within firms over time. Firms span more …
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Trade in information technologies and changes in the demand for occupations
Jerbashian, Vahagn - 2021
contribution to the growth in foreign intermediate goods in the 2001-2014 period. China has strongly contributed to the rise in … Labour Force Survey and obtain a dataset of 12 European countries and 2001-2007 period. I show that IT imports from China are … be attributed to the trade with China. …
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How did the 2003 SARS epidemic shape Chinese trade?
Fernandes, Ana; Tang, Heiwai - 2020
This paper examines the impact of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic on China’s trade. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219530
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Quality misallocation, trade, and regulations
Macedoni, Luca; Weinberger, Ariel - 2021
Recent trade agreements have shifted their focus to non-tariff barriers such as regulations and product standards, which have been traditionally treated as pure domestic policies. The imposition of such standards reallocates production from small to large, high quality firms. We model...
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International spillovers of quality regulations
Macedoni, Luca; Weinberger, Ariel - 2024
This paper investigates the positive international spillover effects of non-discriminatory product regulations, such as quality standards. We incorporate regulations into a multi-country general equilibrium framework with firm heterogeneity and variable markups. We model regulations as a...
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Requiem for a nudge : framing effects in nudging honesty
Dimant, Eugen; Kleef, Gerben A. van; Shalvi, Shaul - 2020
We examine framing effects in nudging honesty, in the spirit of the growing norm-nudge literature, by utilizing a high-powered and pre-registered study. Across four treatments, participants received one random truthful norm-nudge that emphasized ‘moral suasion’ based on either what other...
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When a nudge backfires : combining (im)plausible deniability with social and economic incentives to promote behavioral change
Bolton, Gary E.; Dimant, Eugen; Schmidt, Ulrich - 2020 - This version: January 17, 2020
Both theory and recent empirical evidence on nudging suggest that observability of behavior acts as an instrument for promoting (discouraging) pro-social (anti-social) behavior. We connect three streams of literature (nudging, social preferences, and social norms) to investigate the universality...
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