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This paper breaks down the distributional analysis of firm growth rates to the domain of regions. Extreme growth events, i.e. fat tails, are conceptualized as an indicator of competitive regional environments which enable processes like structural adaptation or technological re-orientation. An...
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This survey paper aims at critically discussing the recent literature on firm formation and survival and the growth of new-born firms. The basic purpose is to single out the microeconomic entrepreneurial foundations of industrial dynamics (entry and exit) and to characterise the founder's...
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We provide a survey of the main mechanisms of market selection used in economics. We gather them in three theoretical paradigms (rational equilibrium, Simonesque and evolutionary), that we try to reconcile in terms of underlying laws of selection. We show that the three paradigms have been...
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, Chinese firm-level data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBSC), and Chinese customs data strongly supports the …
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This paper investigates the distributional welfare effects of the recent trade war in the solar manufacturing sector resulting from the U.S. government-initiated trade tariffs against Chinese solar manufacturers. Our structural econometric model incorporates the vertical structure between...
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either limited or strong scope for quality differentiation. Using customs data for China during 2002-2006, we empirically …
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We analyze the dynamics of Chinese comparative advantage as measured by export shares and the Balassa index using 3-digit and 4-digit sectors for the period 1970 – 1997. We use novel tools to identify periods of rapid structural change and the persistence of comparative advantage, such as...
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We build China’s national production function based on national accounting data since 1997, when China primarily …
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Public infrastructure investments are seen as one of the key engines of economic growth in China. Yet, there is little … quantitative evidence on the growth and distributive effects of public infrastructure investments (PII) in China. This paper … poverty and modestly improves equality. The results not only suggest that increasing PII can drive economic growth in China …
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