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. …

eight main strands include, China: targeting nations with abundant natural resources; focusing on countries with bad … her operations and local businesses; exporting low quality products to Africa; and the emergence of China hindering Africa …

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. …

China, which since the 1980s has developed a dynamic export sector in order to drive its economic development, was hit … caused. The results of thirty years of economic openness, as evidenced by CEPII studies, show that China's outstanding …