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Markup responses to Chinese imports

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This paper analyzes markup responses of Danish firms to Chinese imports. Besides negative markup responses related to competitive pressure, we present some evidence for marginal cost savings related to Chinese intermediate goods imports which tend to raise firm-level markups.

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  • Meinen, Philipp, 2016. "Markup responses to Chinese imports," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 122-124.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:141:y:2016:i:c:p:122-124
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.02.004
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    Keywords

    Chinese imports; Markups; Import competition; Offshoring;
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    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance

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