This paper investigates how economies of scope in multi-product firms interact with comparative advantage in determining the effect of trade liberalization on resource reallocation, using Belgian manufacturing firm- and firm-product-level data over the period 1997-2007. We first provide evidence...

Executive summary -- 1. China in the realm of the world economy / David Daokui Li -- 2. Interpretation of China's economic comeback / Youngrok Cheong -- 3. Reflections on 10 years of financial reform in China / Ping Xie -- 4. higher education reform in China: market orientation and institutional...

We account for the appreciation of the real exchange rate in Mexico between 1988 and 2002 using a two sector dynamic general equilibrium model of a small open economy with two driving forces: (i) differential productivity growth across sectors and (ii) a decline in the cost of borrowing in...