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dc.contributor.authorClaro, Sebastiánen
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-16-
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-26T07:42:20Z-
dc.date.available2011-04-26T07:42:20Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-9230-145-3en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/45143-
dc.description.abstractThree features of China's trade patterns suggest that elements beyond factor abundance explain its export performance. The high penetration in world markets of labourintensive products has been accompanied by: (i) a high share in exports of productivityadvanced foreign-owned enterprises (FIEs), (ii) a high penetration of FIEs in labourintensive sectors, and (iii) a relative high sophistication of China's exports. We show that FDI liberalization endogenously introduces Ricardian features to an otherwise standard endowment-based trade model, strengthening China's natural comparative advantage in labour-intensive products. We discuss how capital accumulation, productivity growth, rural-urban migration, incentives for foreign investment and distortions in financial markets affect this bias. We conclude that policies enhancing domestic firms' production, through productivity growth or capital market distortions, implicitly support the capital-intensive sector. In contrast, policies that encourage FDI, like greater access to China's capital and labour market would shift China's comparative advantage even further towards labour-intensive products.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Research Paper |x2008/91en
dc.subject.jelF11en
dc.subject.jelF15en
dc.subject.jelF16en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordcomparative advantageen
dc.subject.keywordFDI liberalizationen
dc.subject.keywordlabour marketsen
dc.subject.keywordChinaen
dc.subject.stwDirektinvestitionen
dc.subject.stwAußenhandelsliberalisierungen
dc.subject.stwAußenhandelen
dc.subject.stwKomparativer Kostenvorteilen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsmarkten
dc.subject.stwArbeitsintensitäten
dc.subject.stwChinaen
dc.titleFDI liberalization as a source of comparative advantage in China-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn589769707en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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