Chapter 1. Processing Trade, Trade Liberalisation, and Opening Up: China’s Miracle of International Trade -- Chapter 2 …. Import, Firm Productivity, and Product Complexity -- Chapter 3. Trade Liberalization, Product Complexity, and Productivity …: Evidence from Chinese Firms -- Chapter 5. Processing Trade, Tariff Reductions, and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Chinese …

We investigate theoretically and empirically the role of wholesalers in mediating the productivity effects of trade … liberalization. Intermediaries provide indirect access to foreign produced inputs. The productivity effects of input tariff cuts on … industry. Using firm level data from China, we document that wholesalers play no such role for direct importers. However, other …

decisions, productivity, and firm performance. While input tariff liberalization directly affects input price benefits of … importing, its impact on trade participation generates indirect benefits through additional channels, such as productivity … importing's effect on intermediate input prices and productivity. We apply the model to examine the reaction of Chinese paint …