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This paper investigates the impact of innovation on export decisions of Chinese high-tech firms during the period of 2005¨C2007. Using a parametric, instrumental variable approach and a non-parametric matching method, we find that firm-level innovation efforts, measured by R&D spending and new...
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Economic growth in China and India has attracted many headlines recently. As a result, the literature comparing the two … the regions of China and India over the past twenty years. It also provides an assessment of regional disparity in the two …
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China consumed 116 million tonnes of steel in 2000, making it the largest consumer of steel in the world. China differs … future growth in China's steel consumption will result from further rises in the 'steel intensity' of domestic production … Bayesian vector autoregression model to forecast steel consumption in China to 2010. This technique uses historical …
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Dramatic changes have taken place in China's energy sector over the past decade. These changes have important … implications for energy consumption, trade, production and regulatory policies in China and beyond. The objective of this paper is … to examine some of the key issues associated with deregulation and growth in China's energy sector. Specifically, the …
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Economic growth in China and India has attracted many headlines recently. As a result, the literature comparing the two … the regions of China and India over the past twenty years. It also provides an assessment of regional disparity in the two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005033126
China's local government debt (LGD) has recently become the focus of economic policy debates. However, information … investigation of the impact of China's LGD on economic growth. It is probably the first of its kind to focus on China and thus … assessment of LGD in China's regional economies, using recently released auditing statistics and other available secondary …
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A firm's top manager and a government official may be connected due to special circumstances. This social relationship or political connection may provide industrial polluters with protection or a "pollution shelter" which could lead to severe environmental deterioration. This paper aims to...
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This paper presents an overview of the current situations and reforms in China's telecommunications sector. It … been fuelled by the burgeoning demand associated with China's recent economic boom. This growth is further boosted by the … internally. But, foreign participation is still limited. It is speculated that further deregulation will take place due to China …
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In 2003 China’s energy consumption amounted to 1678 million tonnes coal equivalent (MTCE), making China the world …’s second largest consumer behind only the United States. China is now also one of the largest oil importers in the world. With … an economy which is expected to maintain a rate of growth of 7 to 8 per cent for decades, China’s role in the world …
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