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Why is China Growing so Fast?
Khan, Mohsin S. - 1996
China has been growing at a spectacular rate in recent years, enabling per capita incomes to almost quadruple in only … the last decade and a half This paper identifies the sources of economic growth in China from 1953 to 1994. While capital … accumulation played an important role in China’s economic growth throughout the period, it is basically the sharp and sustained …
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Credit booms - is China different?
Chen, Sally; Kang, Joong Shik - 2018
carries risks. International experience suggests that China's credit growth is on a dangerous trajectory, with increasing … risks of a disruptive adjustment and/or a marked growth slowdown. Several China-specific factors-high savings, current …
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Is China's Export-Oriented Growth Sustainable?
Guo, Kai - 2009
This paper assesses the sustainability of China''s export-oriented growth over the medium to longer term. It shows that …
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International trade and corporate market power
Gonzalez-Garcia, Jesus; Yang, Yuanchen - 2020
This paper examines the effect of international trade on corporate market power in emerging market economies and developing countries, with a special focus on sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis is based on a large firm-level dataset, tariff data by sector and agreggate indicators of international...
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The welfare implications of services liberalization in a developing country : evidence from Tunisia
Jouini, Nizar; Rebei, Nooman - 2013
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Structural reforms and regional convergence
Spilimbergo, Antonio; Che, Natasha Xingyuan - 2012
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Trade, jobs, and inequality
Beaton, Kimberly; Cerra, Valerie; Hadzi-Vaskov, Metodij - 2021
This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the conditions and policies that help spread the gains from trade more evenly throughout the population. We exploit a large global firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import...
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Another piece of the puzzle : adding SWIFT data on documentary collections to the short-term forecast of world trade
Ghazaryan, Narek; Goumilevski, Alexei; Mongardini, Joannes - 2021
This paper extends earlier research by adding SWIFT data on documentary collections to the short-term forecast of international trade. While SWIFT documentary collections accounted for just over one percent of world trade financing in 2020, they have strong explanatory power to forecast world...
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Are capital goods tariffs different?
Meleshchuk, Sergii; Timmer, Yannick - 2020
In this paper we demonstrate the importance of distinguishing capital goods tariffs from other tariffs. Using exposure to a quasi-natural experiment induced by a trade reform in Colombia, we find that firms that have been more exposed to a reduction in intermediate and consumption input or...
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Revisiting the link between trade, growth and inequality : lessons for Latin America and the Caribbean
Beaton, Kimberly; Cebotari, Aliona; Komaromi, Andras - 2017
We revisit the relationship between international trade, economic growth and inequality with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. The paper combines two approaches: First, we employ a cross-country panel framework to analyze the macroeconomic effects of international trade on economic...
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