We study how the 2004 reform of minimum wage rules in China has affected the survival, average wage, employment and … entry of more productive ones. Hence, in a fast-growing economy like China, there is a cleansing effect of labor market …

We study environmental regulation and its role for trade in China. Specifically, we assess the effectiveness of an … environmental policy in China that introduced stricter regulations on sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions in targeted cities. To identify …-owned firms in China. …

This paper documents business cycles’ fluctuations in Chinese provinces. China’s de facto federalism, within a context …

Since the global crisis, China's foreign trade is no longer driven by its involvement in the global supply chains (i ….e. by processing trade) but its dynamics stems from China’s own domestic demand and supply. For foreign funded enterprises …, China is less and less a production base for export and more and more a domestic market to be captured, as shown by their …

to exporters. Indeed, China’s VAT system is not neutral, in particular because the exporters may not receive complete … performance in China. Our empirical analysis relies on export volume data at the HS6 product level over the 2003-12 period. To … understand the strong resistance of China’s exports amid the global recession. …

while state-owned firms and foreign-owned firms in China are not; Secondly, the geographical and sectoral presence of …

China's export performance over the past fifteen years has been phenomenal. Is this performance going to last? Wages …

This paper evaluates the role of economic geography in explaining regional wages in China. It investigates the extent … dynamics in China. We investigate three channels through which market access might influence wages beside direct transport …