An Empirical Analysis of China's Export Behavior
November 1, 2002
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Summary
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.
Subject: Commodities, Exchange rates, Export prices, Exports, Foreign exchange, International trade, Price indexes, Prices
Keywords: China, Exchange rates, export commodity, Export Elasticities, Export prices, export supplier, export supply, export trade, Exports, least squares, Price indexes, Structural Reform, supply equation, Trade, unit export index, unit price, WP
Pages:
33
Volume:
2002
DOI:
Issue:
200
Series:
Working Paper No. 2002/200
Stock No:
WPIEA2002002
ISBN:
9781451860177
ISSN:
1018-5941
