Trade liberalization, input intermediaries ...
Document type :
Article dans une revue scientifique
Title :
Trade liberalization, input intermediaries and firm productivity: Evidence from China
Author(s) :
Defever, Fabrice [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Imbruno, Michele [Auteur]
Kneller, Richard [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Imbruno, Michele [Auteur]
Kneller, Richard [Auteur]
Journal title :
Journal of International Economics
Pages :
103329
Publisher :
Elsevier
Publication date :
2020-09
ISSN :
0022-1996
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
English abstract : [en]
We investigate theoretically and empirically the role of wholesalers in mediating the productivity effects of trade liberalization. Intermediaries provide indirect access to foreign produced inputs. The productivity effects ...
Show more >We investigate theoretically and empirically the role of wholesalers in mediating the productivity effects of trade liberalization. Intermediaries provide indirect access to foreign produced inputs. The productivity effects of input tariff cuts on firms that do not directly import therefore depends on the extent that wholesalers are a feature of input supply within an industry. Using firm level data from China, we document that wholesalers play no such role for direct importers. However, other firms experience productivity gains from reducing input tariffs if trade intermediation of foreign inputs within their sector is high. They suffer efficiency losses otherwise.Show less >
Show more >We investigate theoretically and empirically the role of wholesalers in mediating the productivity effects of trade liberalization. Intermediaries provide indirect access to foreign produced inputs. The productivity effects of input tariff cuts on firms that do not directly import therefore depends on the extent that wholesalers are a feature of input supply within an industry. Using firm level data from China, we document that wholesalers play no such role for direct importers. However, other firms experience productivity gains from reducing input tariffs if trade intermediation of foreign inputs within their sector is high. They suffer efficiency losses otherwise.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Peer reviewed article :
Oui
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
Non
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