The relative sophistication of Chinese exports

The relative sophistication of Chinese exports

This paper examines the relative “sophistication” of China’s exports to the United States along two dimensions. First, I compare China’s export bundle to those of the relatively skilland capital-abundant members of the OECD as well as to similarly endowed U.S. trading partners. Second, I examine prices within product categories to determine if China’s varieties command a premium relative to its...

The sophistication of exports: Is China special?

Article history: Received 7 March 2008 Received in revised form 19 April 2010 Accepted 19 April 2010 Recent studies have found that China is “special” in exporting highly sophisticated goods not comparable with its income level. In this paper we identify two measurement biases that account for this “China is special” observation. First, product quality has not been fully considered in the measu...

The Impact of Foreign Firms on the Sophistication of Chinese Exports

Recent studies find that China exported goods of relatively high product sophistication, which are not compatible to China’s economic development level. In this paper we use detailed product-level and firm-level data to examine the determination of product sophistication level of Chinese exports in the period 1998-2005, in particular the role of foreign firms. In our study we distinguish betwee...

The ‘Sophistication’ of Exports: A New Measure of Product Characteristics

Is China Catching Up? Technological Sophistication of Chinese Exports to European Union

Increases in the technological sophistication of some emerging econo-mies, linked, in part, to shifts in the distribution of innovation activities from developedto emerging economies has attracted a lot of attention. Whether emerging economieswill catch up with developed regions in terms of innovation and technology remains anopen question. Various methods can be used to measure...