An Empirical Analysis of China's Export Behavior

Valerie Cerra and Sweta C. Saxena

No 02/200, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper studies the behavior of China's exports from the mid-1980s through 2001. Extensive quarterly data on values and quantities of major export products have been taken from Chinese customs statistics to form a panel data set. The data are used to estimate export supply price elasticities, including by industry groups. The extensive product level data permits the use of panel estimation techniques in order to increase the power of the testing methodology. Aggregate quarterly export unit price indices are also constructed and thereby provide an input to future research on China's trade.

Keywords: Exports; China; Trade; Structural adjustment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-12-11
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