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Trade Costs and Location of Foreign Firms in China

The authors examine the determinants of entry by foreign firms using information on 515 Chinese industries at the provincial level during 1998-2001. The analysis, rooted in the new economic geography, focuses on market and supplier access within and outside the province of entry, as well as producti...

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Main Authors:	Amiti, Mary, Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS AGGREGATE DEMAND AGRICULTURE AUDITS AVERAGE TARIFF BARRIERS TO ENTRY BORDER BARRIERS COMMERCE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMERS CUSTOMS DOMESTIC FIRMS DUTY DRAWBACKS DYNAMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC RELATIONS ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORTS FACTOR PRICES FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FINAL GOODS FISH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN ENTRY FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN PRODUCERS FOREIGN TRADE FREE ENTRY FREE TRADE GDP GROWTH RATE HIGH TARIFFS IMPORTED INPUTS IMPORTED INTERMEDIATE IMPORTED INTERMEDIATES IMPORTS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNAL MARKET INTERNAL TRADE INTERNAL TRADE BARRIERS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT DECISION INVESTMENT FLOWS LABOR COSTS MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COST CONDITION MARGINAL REVENUE MARKET ACCESS MARKET ACCESS EFFECT MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET FRAGMENTATION MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET POTENTIAL MARKET POWER MARKET SIZE MARKET SIZE EFFECTS MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES MULTINATIONAL FIRMS NATIONAL MARKET NATIONAL OUTPUT OPENNESS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLLUTION POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRICE INDEX PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MAXIMIZATION PROTECTIONISM REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL INTEGRATION SPECIALIZATION STANDARD ERRORS STOCKS SUPPLIERS TARIFF RATES TAX INCENTIVES TOTAL OUTPUT TOTAL REVENUE TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE RESTRICTIONS TRADE THEORY TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS TRANSPORT COST TRANSPORT COSTS UTILITY FUNCTION VALUE OF EXPORTS VALUE OF OUTPUT WAGES WORLD INVESTMENT ZERO PROFITS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5752808/trade-costs-location-foreign-firms-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8989

Trade Costs and Location of Foreign Firms in China

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