Weighing China's Export Basket: An Account of the Chinese Export Boom, 2000--2007

Richard Upward, Zheng Wang () and Jinghai Zheng

Discussion Papers from University of Nottingham, GEP

Abstract: In this paper we use new, detailed and comprehensive linked firm-product data to describe various dimensions of the Chinese export boom from 2000-2007. Our analysis indicates that firm entry played a larger role in China's export boom than is the case in other countries, and that processing firms were an important component of this. Our estimates of value-added suggest that the foreign content of China's exports is much higher than previously estimated. Finally, our estimates of technological intensity show that Chinese exports had been increasingly intensive in technology, but the overall intensity is lower when the exports are evaluated by domestic value-added than by final value.

Keywords: Chinese Export Boom; Domestic Value-Added; Technology Intensity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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