Competition, markups, and gains from trade: A quantitative analysis of China between 1995 and 2004

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: HSU, Wen-Tai, LU, Yi, WU, Guiying Laura
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• الموضوعات: Gains from trade; Markups; Pro-competitive effects; ACR formula; Head-to-head competition; Chinese economy; Asian Studies; Industrial Organization; International Economics
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2078; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3077/viewcontent/wto_entry_011019_with_tables_.pdf

This paper provides a quantitative analysis of gains from trade in a model with head-to-head competition using Chinese firm-level data from Economic Censuses in 1995 and 2004. We find a significant reduction in trade cost during this period, and total gains from such improved openness during this pe...