Alibaba's Taobao is China's dominant C2C e-commerce platform. Relying on novel transaction level data from its … that of South America. In addition, we document greater home bias in China than either of the US or South American Settings … experience and distance. Our results show that more experienced sellers tend to sell more and export their goods farther into the …

This paper aims to study the determinants of location choice of China's direct energy investment in BRI countries. It …, geographical distance, and institutional distance hinder the location choice of China's OFDI in the energy sector, but the effect … of cultural distance is uncertain. Second, the Belt and Road Initiative has increased China's direct energy investment in …