Lights dim, exports down: Examining the trade effects of power shortages on Chinese manufacturing firms
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Power shortages; Export performance; Chinese manufacturing firms; Trade effect;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
- L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
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