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Eastern European countries have experienced sharp declines in real GDP since 1990. One of the reasons for this decline is the Soviet trade shock, deriving from the collapse of the CMEA and of traditional export markets in the Soviet Union. This paper is an attempt to quantify the magnitude of...
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Indian market. The East India Company had a legal monopoly over all trade between England and modern day India and China, but …
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We study the effects on trade from the annual tariff uncertainty about China's MFN status renewal prior to joining the …
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market volatility since March 2018, when U.S.-China tensions began to escalate. Lastly, I offer remarks on the interplay …
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The First Opium War (1840-42) was a watershed in the history of China. In its aftermath Britain and other countries …-organized under Western management, Western legal institutions were introduced in China in form of courts and legal practices, and … foreigners in China were tried according to the laws of their country of origin (extraterritoriality). To better understand the …
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uncertainty: China's accession to the WTO and the associated commitment to bind its import tariffs. We estimate large increases in …
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Over the last three decades, the value of Chinese trade has approximately doubled every four years. This rapid growth has transformed the country from a negligible player in world trade to the world's second largest exporter, as well as a substantial importer of raw materials, intermediate...
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This paper discusses the recent regional trade agreements that China has concluded rapidly following accession to the …
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There is clear evidence that during 1980-90 more exports are positively associated with higher growth rates across Chinese cities. In comparison, in the late 1980s, the contribution to growth comes mainly from foreign investment. The contribution of foreign investment comes in the form of...
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dataset on Chinese exports to the United States and the European Union in the years surrounding China's WTO accession, we …
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