Trade costs and location of foreign firms in China

Mary Amiti () and Beata Smarzynska Javorcik ()

No 3564, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: The authors examine the determinants of entry by foreign firms using information on 515 Chinese industries at the provincial level during 1998-2001. The analysis, rooted in the new economic geography, focuses on market and supplier access within and outside the province of entry, as well as production and trade costs. The results indicate that market and supplier access are the most important factors affecting foreign entry. Access to markets and suppliers in the province of entry matters more than access to the rest of China, which is consistent with market fragmentation due to underdeveloped transport infrastructure and informal trade barriers.

Keywords: TF054105-DONOR FUNDED OPERATION ADMINISTRATION FEE INCOME AND EXPENSE ACCOUNT; Economic Theory&Research; Environmental Economics&Policies; Trade and Regional Integration; Access to Markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005-04-01
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Working Paper: Trade Costs and Location of Foreign Firms in China (2005)
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