Trade liberalization, input intermediaries and firm productivity: Evidence from China

Defever, Fabrice; Imbruno, Michele; Kneller, Richard

Document type :

Article dans une revue scientifique

DOI :

10.1016/j.jinteco.2020.103329

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]

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

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 >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

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