Replication data for: WTO Accession and Performance of Chinese Manufacturing Firms

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Loren Brandt; Johannes Van Biesebroeck; Luhang Wang; Yifan Zhang

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Citation: 

Brandt, Loren, Van Biesebroeck, Johannes, Wang, Luhang, and Zhang, Yifan. Replication data for: WTO Accession and Performance of Chinese Manufacturing Firms: 20121266_data. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112892V1-81160

To view the citation for the overall project, see http://doi.org/10.3886/E112892V1.

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We examine the effects of trade liberalization in China on the evolution of markups and productivity of manufacturing firms. Although these dimensions of performance cannot be separately identified when firm output is measured by revenue, detailed price deflators make it possible to estimate the average effect of tariff reductions on both. Several novel findings emerge. First, cuts in output tariffs reduce markups, but raise productivity. Second, pro-competitive effects are most important among incumbents, while efficiency gains dominate for new entrants. Third, cuts in input tariffs raise both markups and productivity. We highlight mechanisms that explain these findings in the Chinese context.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D24 Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
      F13 Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
      L25 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
      L60 Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General
      O14 Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
      P31 Socialist Enterprises and Their Transitions
      P33 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: International Trade, Finance, Investment, Relations, and Aid


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