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The economic costs of environmental regulations have been widely debated since the U.S. began to restrict pollution emissions more than four decades ago. Using detailed production data from nearly 1.2 million plant observations drawn from the 1972-1993 Annual Survey of Manufactures, we estimate...
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This paper examines the effect of stringent environmental regulations on firms' environmental practices, economic performance, and environmental innovation. Reducing COD levels by 10% relative to 2005 levels is an aim of the Chinese 11th Five-Year Plan. Using a difference-in-differences...
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, fuel economy standards for automobiles, renewable portfolio standards, low carbon fuel standards, and--most recently--China … substantial gains could arise from shifting two programs, China's new national carbon market (~60% gain) and the California Low …
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We conducted a nationwide field experiment in China to evaluate the direct and indirect impacts of assigning firms to …
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This paper analyzes China's experience under U.S. apparel and textile quotas. It makes use of a unique new database … (1974 to 1995) and subsequent Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (1995 to 2005). We find that China was relatively more … constrained under these regimes than other countries and that, as quotas were lifted, China's exports grew disproportionately …
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reduction in Chinese imports from the U.S. during the height of the U.S.-China trade war in 2018 and 2019. We infer non … than 90\% of the welfare cost to Chinese consumers of the U.S.-China trade war. The welfare loss to China of a given …
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evaluate its welfare consequences. This paper examines an important industrial policy in China in the 2000s, aiming to propel … model of firm entry, exit, investment, and production, we find that the scale of the policy was massive and boosted China …
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This paper considers the effects of Chinese import competition on firm-level labor market outcomes in Portugal. We examine direct competition in the Portuguese market and indirect competition Portugal's largest export markets in Western Europe. Using rich employer-employee data matched to...
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In the two decades straddling China's WTO accession, the China Shock, i.e. the rapid trade integration of China in the … about the extent of China Shock's repercussions in their district at the time when they voted on China's Normal Trade … U.S. House of Representatives on China's Normal Trade Relations status, we formally test what information politicians …
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