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Chinese Commodity Imports in Ghana and Senegal: Demystifying Chinese Business Strength in Urban West Africa
Marfaing, Laurence; Thiel, Alena - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2011
Since the beginning of the twenty‐first century, independent entrepreneurial migrants from China have been increasingly flocking to Africa in search of “greener pastures.” This paper scrutinizes the empirical foundations of the increasingly hostile discourses of African traders regarding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627710
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Chinese Commodity Imports in Ghana and Senegal: Demystifying Chinese Business Strength in Urban West Africa
Marfaing, Laurence; Thiel, Alena - 2011
Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, independent entrepreneurial migrants from China have been increasingly flocking to Africa in search of greener pastures. This paper scrutinizes the empirical foundations of the increasingly hostile discourses of African traders regarding the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293537
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Productivity as if space mattered : an application to factor markets across China
Cheng, Wenya; Morrow, John; Tacharoen, Kitjawat - 2013
Although firms may face radically different production conditions, this dimension of firm heterogeneity is often overlooked. We model input demand across local factor markets, explicitly considering search costs which explain why firms care about both the price and availability of inputs. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010212669
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Financial Distortions in China : A General Equilibrium Approach
Anzoategui, Diego - 2016
Widespread implicit guarantees and interest ceilings were major distortions in China's financial system, contributing to a misallocation of resources. We analyze the impact of removing such frictions in a general equilibrium setting. The results show that comprehensive reforms generate better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012998763
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The General Equilibrium Effects of Political Connections : the Case of "Moving Umbrellas' in China
Shi, Xiangyu; Zhang, Xiaobo; Zhang, Yifan - 2022
facts, and estimate the model. Eliminating the effects of firms' political connections improves welfare by 3% …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013309714
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A Dynamic Approach to the FDI-Environment Nexus : The Case of China and India
Baek, Jungho - 2017
direct investment (FDI), economic growth, and the environment in China and India. We find that, for China, FDI tends to … detrimental effect on the environment in the short-run, but has little effect in the long-run. Finally, it is found that income … growth in both countries tends to worsen the environment in both short- and long-run …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942718
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Energy saving technology diffusion via FDI and trade : a CGE model of China
Hübler, Michael (contributor) - 2009
model for climate policy analyses. It analyzes China's accession to a Post Kyoto emission regime that keeps global emissions … on Chinese welfare will not significantly change when China joins the Post Kyoto regime. -- Technology diffusion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003795862
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Impacts of border carbon adjustments on China’s sectoral emissions : simulations with a dynamic computable general equilibrium model
Bao, Qin; Tang, Ling; Zhang, ZhongXiang; Qiao, Han; … - 2011
encourage the widespread use of environment-friendly fuels and technologies will be more effective. -- Border Carbon Tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009419783
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Carbon-based border tax adjustments and China's international trade : analysis based on a dynamic computable general equilibrium model
Tang, Ling; Bao, Qin; Zhang, ZhongXiang; Wang, Shouyang - 2013
With large shares in global trade and carbon emissions, China's international trade is supposed to be significantly affected by the proposed carbon-based border tax adjustments (BTAs). This paper examines the impacts of BTAs imposed by the USA and EU on China's international trade, based on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009714388
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Impacts of Border Carbon Adjustments on China's Sectoral Emissions : Simulations with a Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Model
Bao, Qin; Tang, Ling; Zhang, ZhongXiang; Qiao, Han; … - 2012
encourage the widespread use of environment-friendly fuels and technologies will be more effective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014173819