Studies investigating the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and the
environment have focused predominantly on the effects of FDI on host country environments …

We seek to contribute to the debate over trade openness and the environment by taking
specific account of the endogeneity of trade openness. We use exogenous geographic …

This paper provides analytic guides to recent literature on China's macroeconomic
development, emphasizing the critical role of the gradualist reform approach. Our analysis …

In this article, we analyze export sophistication based on a large panel dataset (2001–2015;
101 countries) and using various estimation algorithms. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we …

This paper presents empirical evidence that export growth in China after its WTO accession
in 2001 has altered education attainment for Chinese youths. On one hand, China's export …

ABSTRACT Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is often included in the iron ore spot price. Iron ore market
experienced a transition in pricing mechanism from the annual negotiated price to the one …

Prior studies obtained mixed conclusions on the relationship between firm exporting and
pollution emissions, probably because the role of environmental regulation has been …

This study investigated the complexity-productivity linkage at the firm level. Using data on a
large sample of Chinese manufacturing sector firms from 2000 to 2006, the complexity of a …

The literature has extensively discussed whether firms benefit from exporting (referred to as
the learning-by-exporting (LBE) effect), but the empirical evidence is inconclusive. This …

In this paper, we investigate how the degree of export participation and product
differentiation affect firms' productivity growth through learning-by-exporting. We extend the …