Services Liberalization and Export Quality: Evidence from China
Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Mukunoki, Hiroshi; Yang, Chih-Hai | March 2018
Abstract
Using firm-level export data from China, this paper empirically examines the effect of domestic liberalization of services on exporting firms’ quality upgrading. We examine a number of other trade policies, including: tariffs in export destination countries; and input- and output-tariffs in China. Following China’s accession to the World Trade Organization in December 2001, these trade policies changed substantially during our sample period of 2000 - 2006. Our findings suggest that, of all the policies, reduced input tariffs contributed the most to raising export product quality. Easing of services’ restrictiveness also resulted in improved export product quality, but mainly for foreign owned enterprises.
Citation
Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Mukunoki, Hiroshi; Yang, Chih-Hai. 2018. Services Liberalization and Export Quality: Evidence from China. © ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8139.Keywords
Regionalism
Regional Economy
Regional Trading Arrangements
Regional Trade Integration
Regional Economic Integration
Regional Cooperation
Interregional Cooperation
Trade Disputes
Trade Barriers
Free Trade
Trade
Trade Agreements
Intraregional Trade
Government Policy
Regional Organization
Regional Plans
Economic integration
Regional Development Bank
Preferential tariffs
International negotiation
Protectionist measures
Access to markets
Economic agreements
International trade law
Regional integration
Trade relations
Exports
Economic integration
Distribution
Economic integration
Development Bank
Trade policy
Regional economics
Regional planning
Regional disparities
Interregionalism
Regional economic disparities
Regional economic blocs
Industrial arbitration
Euro
Inflation
Business
Finance
Free trade
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