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Yifan Zhang
Other affiliations: Sun Yat-sen University, Lingnan University
Bio: Yifan Zhang is an academic researcher from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The author has contributed to research in topics: Productivity & Total factor productivity. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 36 publications receiving 2278 citations. Previous affiliations of Yifan Zhang include Sun Yat-sen University & Lingnan University.
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TL;DR: The authors presented the first comprehensive set of firm-level total factor productivity (TFP) estimates for China's manufacturing sector that spans China's entry into the WTO and found that net entry accounts for over two thirds of total TFP growth.
1,146 citations
TL;DR: The Journal of Comparative Economics (JCE) as discussed by the authors has published a survey on comparative economics in 2012, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2016 and 2017.
Abstract: 王璐航系厦门大学经济学科2012年新引进的助理教授，博士毕业于加拿大多伦多大学经济系，主要研究兴趣为中国经济、国际贸易与应用微观经济学。其论文曾在比较经济学国际重要期刊Journal of Comparative Economics上发表。本次王璐航发表在《美国经济评论》的论文利用中国加入WTO带来的关税变化研究中国最终产品以及中间投入品的市场开放对于制造业绩效的影响。研究发现最终产品关税的降低一方面压缩了大企业的价格加成，另一方面推动了行业生产效率的提高。与其他国家的经验不同，中国行业效率提升的主要原因是竞争机制的强化进而筛选出了更好的新企业进入。伴随着中间品关税的降低，中国的中间品进口增长有限，但是中间品价格大幅下降。得益于由此带来的成本降低，企业提高了加成率。中间品市场的变化也对新进入企业的生产效率有正的贡献。该文也是厦大经济学科“海归”教师在国际顶级期刊发表研究中国经济问题的众多学术论文的一个典型代表。
452 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an introduction to these data sets and discuss and illustrate several of the issues that make comparability over time difficult and suggest solutions, identifying a few promising areas of future research and margins on which collaboration among users to improve these data might be beneficial.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined whether there exist productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) to domestic firms and found that Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan (HMT) invested firms generate negative horizontal spillovers, while non-HMT foreign invested firms (mostly from OECD countries) tend to bring positive horizontal spillover in China.
Abstract: Using a large panel dataset covering all manufacturing firms (above a minimum scale) in China from 1998 to 2005, this paper examines whether there exist productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) to domestic firms. In estimating productivity, we control for a possible simultaneity bias by using semi-parametric estimation techniques. We find that Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan (HMT) invested firms generate negative horizontal spillovers, while Non-HMT foreign invested firms (mostly from OECD countries) tend to bring positive horizontal spillovers in China. These two opposing horizontal effects seem to cancel out at the aggregate level. We also find strong and robust vertical spillover effects on both state-owned firms and non-state firms. However, vertical spillover effects from export-oriented FDI are weaker than those from domestic-market-oriented FDI.
191 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined whether there exist productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) to domestic firms and found that Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan (HMT) invested firms generate negative horizontal spillovers, while non-HMT foreign invested firms (mostly from OECD countries) tend to bring positive horizontal spillover in China.
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TL;DR: This paper analyzed the effect of Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on US local labor markets, exploiting cross-market variation in import exposure stemming from initial diffe cerence to US labor markets.
Abstract: We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on US local labor markets, exploiting cross-market variation in import exposure stemming from initial diffe...
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TL;DR: The authors analyzes China's institution, a regionally decentralized authoritarian system where the central government has control over personnel, whereas subnational governments run the bulk of the economy; and they initiate, negotiate, implement, divert, and resist reforms, policies, rules, and laws.
Abstract: China's economic reforms have resulted in spectacular growth and poverty reduction. However, China's institutions look ill-suited to achieve such a result, and they indeed suffer from serious shortcomings. To solve the "China puzzle," this paper analyzes China's institution—a regionally decentralized authoritarian system. The central government has control over personnel, whereas subnational governments run the bulk of the economy; and they initiate, negotiate, implement, divert, and resist reforms, policies, rules, and laws. China's reform trajectories have been shaped by regional decentralization. Spectacular performance on the one hand and grave problems on the other hand are all determined by this governance structure. ( JEL O17, O18, O43, P21, P25, P26)
1,604 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the impact of a regional free trade agreement, MERCOSUR, on technology upgrading by Argentinean firms and showed that the increase in revenues produced by trade integration can induce exporters to upgrade technology.
Abstract: This paper studies the impact of a regional free trade agreement, MERCOSUR, on technology upgrading by Argentinean firms. To guide empirical work, I introduce technology choice in Melitz’s (2003) model of trade with heterogeneous firms. The joint treatment of the technology adoption and exporting choices shows that the increase in revenues produced by trade integration can induce exporters to upgrade technology. An empirical test of the model reveals that firms in industries facing higher reductions in Brazil’s import tariffs increase their investment in technology faster and exporters upgrade technology faster than other firms in the same industry.
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