We review theoretical and empirical work on the economic effects of the United States and
China trade relations during the past 20 years. We first discuss the origins of the China …

Chinese local governments wield their enormous political power and administrative capacity
to provide “special deals” for favored private firms. We argue that China's extraordinary …

How does rural-urban migration shape urban production in developing countries? We use
longitudinal data on Chinese manufacturing firms between 2000 and 2006, and exploit …

Industrialization drives the sustained growth in jobs and productivity that marks the
developmental take-off of most developed economies. Yet, academics and policy makers …

We construct an endogenous growth model with random interactions where firms are
subject to distortions. The TFP distribution evolves endogenously as firms seek to upgrade …

Exploiting China's pilot free trade zones (FTZs) as an exogenous shock of institutional
quality improvement, this study explores the impact of FTZs on urban entrepreneurship. We …

Frictions that impede the mobility of workers across occupations and space are a prominent
feature of developing countries. We disentangle the role of insecure property rights from …

This paper studies the pattern of interregional investment after bureaucratic transfers across
Chinese cities. Using the administrative records of business registration, we find that the …

This study offers novel evidence that reduced trade policy uncertainty (TPU) in the
destination market promotes domestic entrepreneurial activities in a large developing …

We investigate a low-income country's long run employment response to new export
opportunities. The US–Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement reduced US import tariffs on …