Different Types of Firms, Products, and Directions of Trade: The Case of the People’s Republic of China
Lee, Hyun-Hoon; Park, Donghyun; Wang, Jing | August 2012
Abstract
Using highly disaggregated, Harmonized System (HS) 8-digit, product-category level
data collected by the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Customs Office for 2000 and
2008, we perform an in-depth anatomy of the PRC's trade in manufactured goods. First,
we distinguish between foreign firms and domestic firms, with the latter further divided
into private firms and public firms. Second, we distinguish products as either final goods
or intermediate goods. Third, we look at not only the PRC's exports but also its imports,
and test for the relative importance of the extensive margin—number of goods—versus
the intensive margin—the amount traded per good. Fourth, we estimate gravity
equations from the perspective of dynamics utilizing a dynamic adjustment model.
Overall, our analysis yields a number of new stylized facts and generates some
interesting puzzles about the PRC's exports and imports.
Citation
Lee, Hyun-Hoon; Park, Donghyun; Wang, Jing. 2012. Different Types of Firms, Products, and Directions of Trade: The Case of the People’s Republic of China. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/1300. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Project Evaluation & Review Technique
Operations Evaluation
Evaluation
World Trade
Trade Volume
Trade Promotion
Trade Flows
Trade Development
Patterns Of Trade
Resources evaluation
Input output analysis
Import volume
Export volume
Export Development
Economic agreements
International market
Import policy
Export policy
Participatory monitoring and evaluation
Participative management
Foreign trade routes
Trade routes
Foreign trade and employment
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