We view the political process in China as trading off the social benefits of increased trade and foreign direct … of this model are estimated using province-level data on foreign direct investment and trade flows in China, over the … China may find it politically difficult to follow through with liberalizing its trade and investment regimes, such as under …

Weak institutions ought to deter foreign direction investment (FDI), and mass media stories highlight China …'s institutional deficiencies, yet China is now one of the world's largest FDI destinations. This incongruity characterizes China …'s paradoxical growth. Cross-country regressions show that China's FDI inflow is not exceptionally large, given the quality of its …

Dooley et al (2003, 2004a,b,c) argue that China seeks to raise urban employment by 10-12 million persons per year, with … about 30% of that coming from export growth. In fact, total employment increased by 7.5-8 million per year over 1997 …-2005. We estimate that export growth over 1997-2002 contributed at most 2.5 million jobs per year, with most of the employment …

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 …

-best production. The longer time needed for export shipments induces a tighter credit constraint on exporters than on purely domestic …