sectoral pattern of multinational activity. Using detailed customs data from China, we show that foreign affiliates and joint …

outcomes. Since our panel covers the years 2002 to 2006, we can use changes in import tariffs associated with China's WTO entry … of their exports and increased their export scope, though the magnitude of the effects differed by import source, firm … exports of firms operating in high R&D intensity industries. Taken together, these results suggest that product upgrading …

about firm heterogeneity in trade. First, the bulk of exports and imports are captured by a few multi-product firms that … transact with a large number of countries. Second, the average importer imports more products than the average exporter exports … the growth in Chinese exports between 2003-2005 was driven by deepening and broadening of trade relationships by surviving …

present evidence that (1) China's industrial output has become cleaner over time, (2) China's exports have shifted toward … products, aggravating environmental damage. China's rapidly growing trade and serious environmental degradation appear to be no … exception. However, much of China's trade growth is attributable to the international fragmentation of production. This kind of …

gain due to merchandise exports was 3.7 million jobs. In comparison, U.S. merchandise imports from China led to reduced … from China over 1995-2011 created net demand for about 1.7 million jobs. Comparing the growth of U.S. merchandise exports …We quantify the impact on U.S. employment from imports and exports during 1995-2011, using the World Input …

firm-specific exchange rate shocks based on the pre-crisis destinations of firms' exports. Because the shocks were …

China's trade pattern is influenced not just by its overall comparative advantage in labor intensive goods but also by … geography. We use two variants of the Eaton-Kortum (2002) model to study China's local comparative advantage. The theory … predicts that China's share of export markets should grow most rapidly where China's share is initially large. A corollary is …

attributable to growth in the quality of Chinese exports and the increase in new products being exported by China … unit quality of a Chinese exporter fell by half between 1992 and 2005. Thus the explosive growth in Chinese exports is …

Chinese exports have become increasingly sophisticated. This has generated anxiety in developed countries as … competitive pressure may increasingly be felt outside labor-intensive industries. Using product-level data on exports from … different cities within China, this paper investigates the contributing factors to China's rising export sophistication …