Can production subsidies explain China's export performance? Evidence from firm-level data

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 863-891

  Girma, Sourafel ^a   Gong, Yundan ^b   Görg, Holger ^c   Yu, Zhihong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Endogenous tobit; Exporting; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; PROFITABILITY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 71849112962     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2009.01586.x     Document Type: Article

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