Impacts of the WTO accession on Chinese exports. Issue 4 (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wakasugi, Ryuhei; Zhang, Hongyong
• Is Part Of: Journal of Chinese economic and business studies. Volume 14:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 347
• Page End: 364
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: Ownership -- the World Trade Organization -- export -- productivity; China -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 330.951
• DOI: 10.1080/14765284.2016.1178520
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1476-5284

Abstract

Abstract: Using firm-level panel data of the Chinese electrical machinery and communication equipment manufacturers, this paper reveals that, after the entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO, henceforth), the export of Chinese firms was accelerated by a rise of productivity, but was not uniform among ownership structures. Classifying the firms into private domestic firms, state-owned enterprises, and foreign-invested enterprises, our empirical estimation concludes that the entry into the WTO had a 'productivity effect' on Chinese exports, and an asymmetric 'ownership effect, ' which was less favorable to the exports for state-owned enterprises.