China''s rapid overall growth since 1978 masks significant differences in relative economic performance across its …

This paper uses provincial time series data from China to empirically investigate two propositions relating to economic … have increased the rate of convergence in per capita incomes across China’s provinces. However, the pattern of FDI, which …

China''s growth record since the start of its economic reforms in 1978 has been extraordinary. Yet, this impressive … to analyze the variation in labor productivity growth across China''s provinces. This approach imposes less structure on … convergence in labor productivity across China''s provinces during 1978-98. However, our results show that provinces converged in …

The paper models international spillovers from a hypothetical drop of China's imports as a result of China … shock, which are largely unaccounted for in the existing literature. Such effects include direct spillovers from China on … its trading partners, subsequent spillins among them, and spillbacks on China itself. The paper finds that the network …