Is China climbing up the quality ladder? Estimating cross country differences in product quality using Eurostat's COMEXT trade database

Gabor Pula and Daniel Santabárbara

No 1310, Working Paper Series from European Central Bank

Abstract: There is an ongoing debate in the literature about the quality content of Chinese exports and to what extent China imposes a threat to the market positions of advanced economies. While China JEL Classification: F1, F12, F14, F15, F23

Keywords: Chinese exports; COMEXT database; discrete choice model; global production networks; quality ladder; vertical product differentiation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-03
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