The paper measures income elasticities of demand for manufacturing imports in China since 1990 disaggregated by major … demand elasticities. The paper proposes explanatory factors such as a high degree of integration in international production …

unconditional expenditure elasticities of demand are calculated and reported for the nine food groups and the 35 food items … terms of the number of food items studied for which expenditure elasticities are calculated. These elasticities may be used … to study household food consumption patterns, to calculate caloric or nutrient elasticities, to study obesity in China …

As their incomes rise, Chinese consumers are changing their diets and demanding greater quality, convenience, and … safety in food. Food expenditures grow faster than quantities purchased as income rises, suggesting that consumers with …

farmers and lowering domestic prices to consumers. China’s producers increase production slightly because of increased input … subsidies. Exports are reduced because of applied export tax and decrease in value added tax rebate. Domestic consumer prices …

government can reshape industry structure through production subsidies to enhance export performance has not been answered. This … paper analyses the impact of production subsidies on firms' export performance using a very comprehensive and recent firm … level database and controlling for the endogeneity of subsidies. It documents robust evidence that production subsidies …