VAT rebates and export performance in China: Firm-level evidence
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.03.005
Download full text from publisher
As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.
References listed on IDEAS
- Bela Balassa, 1978. "Export incentives and export performance in developing countries: A comparative analysis," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 114(1), pages 24-61, March.
- Mr. Michael Keen & Mr. Murtaza H Syed, 2006. "Domestic Taxes and International Trade: Some Evidence," IMF Working Papers 2006/047, International Monetary Fund.
- Holger Görg & Michael Henry & Eric Strobl, 2008.
"Grant Support and Exporting Activity,"
The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 90(1), pages 168-174, February.
- Strobl, Eric & Görg, Holger & Henry, Michael, 2007. "Grant Support and Exporting Activity," CEPR Discussion Papers 6054, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Görg, Holger & Henry, Michael & Strobl, Eric, 2008. "Grant support and exporting activity," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy 4288, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
- Zhi Wang & Shang-Jin Wei, 2010.
"What Accounts for the Rising Sophistication of China's Exports?,"
NBER Chapters, in: China's Growing Role in World Trade, pages 63-104,
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Zhi Wang & Shang-Jin Wei, 2008. "What Accounts for the Rising Sophistication of China's Exports?," NBER Working Papers 13771, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Branstetter, Lee G. & Feenstra, Robert C., 2002.
"Trade and foreign direct investment in China: a political economy approach,"
Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 58(2), pages 335-358, December.
- Lee G. Branstetter & Robert C. Feenstra, 1999. "Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in China: A Political Economy Approach," NBER Working Papers 7100, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Martin S. Feldstein & Paul R. Krugman, 1990.
"International Trade Effects of Value-Added Taxation,"
NBER Chapters, in: Taxation in the Global Economy, pages 263-282,
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Paul Krugman & Martin Feldstein, 1989. "International Trade Effects of Value Added Taxation," NBER Working Papers 3163, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Sourafel Girma & Yundan Gong & Holger Görg & Zhihong Yu, 2009.
"Can Production Subsidies Explain China's Export Performance? Evidence from Firm‐level Data,"
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 111(4), pages 863-891, December.
- Girma, Sourafel & Gong, Yundan & Görg, Holger & Yu, Zhihong, 2008. "Can production subsidies explain China's export performance? Evidence from firm level data," Kiel Working Papers 1442, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
- Andrew B. Bernard & J. Bradford Jensen & Stephen J. Redding & Peter K. Schott, 2007.
"Firms in International Trade,"
Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 21(3), pages 105-130, Summer.
- Andrew B. Bernard & J. Bradford Jensen & Stephen Redding & Peter K. Schott, 2007. "Firms in International Trade," CEP Discussion Papers dp0795, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Bernard, Andrew.B & Bradford Jensen, J. & Redding, Stephen & Schott, Peter K., 2007. "Firms in international trade," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 3682, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Andrew B. Bernard & J. Bradford Jensen & Stephen J. Redding & Peter K. Schott, 2007. "Firms in International Trade," NBER Working Papers 13054, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Bernard, Andrew & Redding, Stephen & Schott, Peter & Jensen, J Bradford, 2007. "Firms in International Trade," CEPR Discussion Papers 6277, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Andrew Bernard & J. Bradford Jensen & Stephen Redding & Peter Schott, 2007. "Firms in International Trade," Working Papers 07-14, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
- Ahn, JaeBin & Khandelwal, Amit K. & Wei, Shang-Jin, 2011.
"The role of intermediaries in facilitating trade,"
Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 84(1), pages 73-85, May.
- Shang-Jin Wei & Jaebin Ahn & Amit K. Khandelwal, 2010. "The Role of Intermediaries in Facilitating Trade," Working Papers id:2557, eSocialSciences.
- JaeBin Ahn & Amit K. Khandelwal & Shang-Jin Wei, 2010. "The Role of Intermediaries in Facilitating Trade," NBER Working Papers 15706, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- ECKAUS, Richard S., 2006. "China's exports, subsidies to state-owned enterprises and the WTO," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 17(1), pages 1-13.
- Elena Ianchovichina & Will Martin, 2004.
"Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization,"
The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 18(1), pages 3-27.
- Ianchovichina, Elena & Martin, William, 2003. "Economic impacts of China's accession to the World Trade Organization," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3053, The World Bank.
- James H. Stock & Mark W. Watson, 2008.
"Heteroskedasticity-Robust Standard Errors for Fixed Effects Panel Data Regression,"
Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 76(1), pages 155-174, January.
- James H. Stock & Mark W. Watson, 2006. "Heteroskedasticity-Robust Standard Errors for Fixed Effects Panel Data Regression," NBER Technical Working Papers 0323, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Stock, James H. & Watson, Mark, 2008. "Heteroskedasticity-Robust Standard Errors for Fixed Effects Panel Data Regression," Scholarly Articles 28461843, Harvard University Department of Economics.
- Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, 2003. "Cluster-Sample Methods in Applied Econometrics," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 93(2), pages 133-138, May.
- Andrew B. Bernard & J. Bradford Jensen, 2004.
"Why Some Firms Export,"
The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 86(2), pages 561-569, May.
- Andrew B. Bernard & J. Bradford Jensen, 2001. "Why Some Firms Export," NBER Working Papers 8349, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- J Bradford Jensen & Andrew B Bernard, 2001. "Why Some Firms Export," Working Papers 01-05, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
- Marianne Bertrand & Esther Duflo & Sendhil Mullainathan, 2004.
"How Much Should We Trust Differences-In-Differences Estimates?,"
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 119(1), pages 249-275.
- Marianne Bertrand & Esther Duflo & Sendhil Mullainathan, 2002. "How Much Should We Trust Differences-in-Differences Estimates?," NBER Working Papers 8841, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Bird,Richard & Gendron,Pierre-Pascal, 2011.
"The VAT in Developing and Transitional Countries,"
Cambridge Books,
Cambridge University Press, number 9781107401440, November.
- Bird,Richard & Gendron,Pierre-Pascal, 2007. "The VAT in Developing and Transitional Countries," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521877657, November.
- Chao, Chi-Chur & Chou, W. L. & Yu, Eden S. H., 2001. "Export Duty Rebates and Export Performance: Theory and China's Experience," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 29(2), pages 314-326, June.
- Tokarick, Stephen, 2007. "How large is the bias against exports from import tariffs?," World Trade Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 6(2), pages 193-212, July.
- Chen, Chien-Hsun & Mai, Chao-Cheng & Yu, Hui-Chuan, 2006. "The effect of export tax rebates on export performance: Theory and evidence from China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 226-235.
- Marc J. Melitz, 2003.
"The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity,"
Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 71(6), pages 1695-1725, November.
- Mark J. Melitz, 2002. "The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity," NBER Working Papers 8881, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Melitz, Marc J, 2002. "The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity," CEPR Discussion Papers 3381, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Peter K. Schott, 2008. "The relative sophistication of Chinese exports [‘Manufacturing Earnings and Compensation in China’]," Economic Policy, CEPR, CESifo, Sciences Po;CES;MSH, vol. 23(53), pages 6-49.
- Chao, Chi-Chur & Yu, Eden S.H. & Yu, Wusheng, 2006. "China's import duty drawback and VAT rebate policies: A general equilibrium analysis," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 17(4), pages 432-448.
- Moulton, Brent R, 1990. "An Illustration of a Pitfall in Estimating the Effects of Aggregate Variables on Micro Unit," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 72(2), pages 334-338, May.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- repec:wyi:journl:002196 is not listed on IDEAS
- L. An & C. Hu & Yong Tan, 2017.
"Regional effects of export tax rebate on exporting firms: Evidence from China,"
Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(4), pages 774-798, September.
- Tan, Yong & An, Liwei & Hu, Cui, 2015. "Regional Effects of Export Tax Rebate on Exporting Firms: Evidences From China," MPRA Paper 65188, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Lu, Bing & Ma, Hong, 2023. "The “Matthew effect” in rebates: How does VAT rebates allocation affect firm export performance," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 225(C).
- Sourafel Girma & Yundan Gong & Holger Görg & Zhihong Yu, 2009.
"Can Production Subsidies Explain China's Export Performance? Evidence from Firm‐level Data,"
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 111(4), pages 863-891, December.
- Girma, Sourafel & Gong, Yundan & Görg, Holger & Yu, Zhihong, 2008. "Can production subsidies explain China's export performance? Evidence from firm level data," Kiel Working Papers 1442, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
- Defever, Fabrice & Reyes, José-Daniel & Riaño, Alejandro & Varela, Gonzalo, 2020.
"All these worlds are yours, except india: The effectiveness of cash subsidies to export in nepal,"
European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
- Fabrice Defever & José-Daniel Reyes & Alejandro Riaño & Gonzalo Varela, 2020. "All these worlds are yours, except india: The effectiveness of cash subsidies to export in nepal," Post-Print hal-03128820, HAL.
- Fabrice Defever & Jose-Daniel Reyes & Alejandro Riaño & Gonzalo Varela, 2020. "All these worlds are yours, except India: the effectiveness of cash subsidies to export in Nepal," CEP Discussion Papers dp1692, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Defever, Fabrice & Reyes, Jose-Daniel & Riaño, Alejandro & Varela, Gonzalo, 2020. "All these worlds are yours, except India: the effectiveness of cash subsidies to export in Nepal," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 108444, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Defever, F. & Reyes, J-D. & Riaño, A. & Varela, G., 2020. "All These Worlds are Yours, Except India: The Effectiveness of Cash Subsidies to Export in Nepal," Working Papers 20/11, Department of Economics, City University London.
- Ariel Weinberger & Qian Xuefeng & Mahmut Yaşar, 2021.
"Export tax rebates and resource misallocation: Evidence from a large developing country,"
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 54(4), pages 1562-1608, November.
- Ariel Weinberger & Qian Xuefeng & Mahmut Yasar, 2017. "Export Tax Rebates and Resource Misallocation: Evidence from a Large Developing Country," Globalization Institute Working Papers 302, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
- Fernandes, Ana P. & Tang, Heiwai, 2014.
"Learning to export from neighbors,"
Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(1), pages 67-84.
- Ana Fernandes & Heiwai Tang, 2014. "Learning to Export from Neighbors," CESifo Working Paper Series 4699, CESifo.
- Ana Fernandes & Heiwai Tang, 2014. "Learning to export from neighbors," Globalization Institute Working Papers 185, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
- Ana Fernandes & Heiwai Tang, 2014. "Learning to Export from Neighbors," Development Working Papers 370, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano, revised 26 Jun 2014.
- Eisenbarth, Sabrina, 2017. "Is Chinese trade policy motivated by environmental concerns?," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 74-103.
- Kalina Manova & Zhiwei Zhang, 2012.
"Export Prices Across Firms and Destinations,"
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 127(1), pages 379-436.
- Kalina Manova & Zhiwei Zhang, 2009. "Export Prices Across Firms and Destinations," NBER Working Papers 15342, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Liu, Xuepeng & Shi, Huimin & Ferrantino, Michael, 2016.
"Tax evasion through trade intermediation: Evidence from Chinese exporters,"
International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 518-535.
- Liu,Xuepeng & Shi,Huimin & Ferrantino,Michael Joseph, 2015. "Tax evasion through trade intermediation : evidence from Chinese exporters," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7232, The World Bank.
- Pedro Albarran & Raquel Carrasco & Adelheid Holl, 2013. "Domestic transport infrastructure and firms’ export market participation," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 40(4), pages 879-898, May.
- Cadot, Olivier & Fernandes, Ana M. & Gourdon, Julien & Mattoo, Aaditya, 2015.
"Are the benefits of export support durable? Evidence from Tunisia,"
Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 97(2), pages 310-324.
- Olivier Cadot & Ana M. Fernandes & Julien Gourdon & Aaditya Mattoo, 2012. "Are the Benefits of Export Support Durable? Evidence from Tunisia," Working Papers 2012-30, CEPII research center.
- Cadot, Olivier & Fernandes, Ana M. & Gourdon, Julien & Mattoo, Aaditya, 2012. "Are the benefits of export support durable ? evidence from Tunisia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6295, The World Bank.
- Julien Gourdon & Olivier Cadot & Ana Fernandes & Aaditya Mattoo, 2015. "Are the benefits of export support durable? Evidence from Tunisia," Post-Print hal-03410086, HAL.
- Mattoo, Aaditya & Cadot, Olivier & Gourdon, Julien & Fernandes, Ana Margarida, 2013. "Are the Benefits of Export Support Durable? Evidence from Tunisia," CEPR Discussion Papers 9758, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Olivier CADOT & Ana FERNANDES & Julien GOURDON & Aaditya MATTOO, 2013. "Are the Benefits of Export Support Durable? Evidence from Tunisia," Working Papers P80, FERDI.
- Olivier CADOT & Ana FERNANDES & Julien GOURDON & Aaditya MATTOO, 2013. "Are the Benefits of Export Support Durable? Evidence from Tunisia," Working Papers P80, FERDI.
- Andrew B. Bernard & Marco Grazzi & Chiara Tomasi, 2010.
"Intermediaries in International Trade: direct versus indirect modes of export,"
LEM Papers Series
2010/19, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.
- Bernard, Andrew & Grazzi, Marco & Tomasi, Chiara, 2012. "Intermediaries in International Trade: Direct versus indirect modes of export," CEPR Discussion Papers 8766, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Bernard, Andrew B. & Grazzi, Marco & Tomasi, Chiara, 2012. "Intermediaries in international trade: direct versus indirect modes of export," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 121916, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Andrew B. Bernard & Marco Grazzi & Chiara Tomasi, 2011. "Intermediaries in International Trade: Direct versus indirect modes of export," NBER Working Papers 17711, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Andrew B. Bernard & Marco Grazzi & Chiara Tomasi, 2010. "Intermediaries in International Trade: direct versus indirect modes of export," Department of Economics Working Papers 1016, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia.
- Andrew B. Bernard & Marco Grazzi & Chiara Tomasi, 2010. "Intermediaries in international trade : Direct versus indirect modes of export," Working Paper Research 199, National Bank of Belgium.
- Andrew B. Bernard & Marco Grazzi & Chiara Tomasi, 2012. "Intermediaries in International Trade: Direct Versus Indirect Modes of Export," CEP Discussion Papers dp1137, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Klishchuk Bogdan & Zelenyuk Valentin, 2012. "Impact of Services LIberalization on Firm Level Productivity in Eastern Europe and Central Asia," EERC Working Paper Series 12/03e, EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS.
- Ma, Yue & Tang, Heiwai & Zhang, Yifan, 2014.
"Factor Intensity, product switching, and productivity: Evidence from Chinese exporters,"
Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 92(2), pages 349-362.
- Yue Ma & Heiwai Tang & Yifan Zhang, 2011. "Factor Intensity, Product Switching, and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Exporters," Development Working Papers 324, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano, revised 27 Dec 2011.
- Yue Ma & Heiwai Tang & Yifan Zhang, 2013. "Factor Intensity, Product Switching, and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Exporters," Working Papers 09, Development and Policies Research Center (DEPOCEN), Vietnam.
- Yue Ma & Heiwai Tang & Yifan Zhang, 2012. "Factor Intensity, Product Switching, and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Exporters," Working Papers 252012, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research.
- Yue Ma & Heiwai Tang & Yifan Zhang, 2011. "Factor Intensity, Product Switching, and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Exporters," Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University 0761, Department of Economics, Tufts University.
- Lili Wang & Yong Zhao, 2013. "Does Experience Facilitate Entry into New Export Destinations?," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 21(5), pages 36-59, September.
- Anna Fornalska-Skurczynska, 2015. "How To Effectively Support Export Activity?," Oeconomia Copernicana, Institute of Economic Research, vol. 6(3), pages 61-71, September.
- Alberto Abadie & Susan Athey & Guido W Imbens & Jeffrey M Wooldridge, 2023.
"When Should You Adjust Standard Errors for Clustering?,"
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 138(1), pages 1-35.
- Alberto Abadie & Susan Athey & Guido Imbens & Jeffrey Wooldridge, 2017. "When Should You Adjust Standard Errors for Clustering?," Papers 1710.02926, arXiv.org, revised Sep 2022.
- Alberto Abadie & Susan Athey & Guido W. Imbens & Jeffrey Wooldridge, 2017. "When Should You Adjust Standard Errors for Clustering?," NBER Working Papers 24003, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Abadie, Alberto & Athey, Susan & Imbens, Guido W. & Wooldridge, Jeffrey, 2017. "When Should You Adjust Standard Errors for Clustering?," Research Papers repec:ecl:stabus:3596, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.
- A. Colin Cameron & Douglas L. Miller, 2010.
"Robust Inference with Clustered Data,"
Working Papers
106, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics.
- Colin Cameron, 2011. "Robust inference with clustered data," Mexican Stata Users' Group Meetings 2011 07, Stata Users Group.
- A. Colin Cameron & Douglas L. Miller, 2010. "Robust Inference with Clustered Data," Working Papers 107, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics.
- Alessia Lo Turco & Daniela Maggioni, 2017. "“Glocal” ties: banking development and SEs’ export entry," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 48(4), pages 999-1020, April.
- Olivier Cadot & Ana Fernandes & Julien Gourdon & Aaditya Mattoo & Jaime Melo, 2014.
"Evaluating Aid for Trade: A Survey of Recent Studies,"
The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(4), pages 516-529, April.
- Olivier Cadot & Ana Fernandes & Julien Gourdon & Aaditya Mattoo & Jaime de Melo, 2013. "Evaluating Aid for Trade: A Survey of Recent Studies," Working Papers 2013-33, CEPII research center.
- Fernandes, Ana Margarida & de Melo, Jaime & Mattoo, Aaditya & Cadot, Olivier & Gourdon, Julien, 2013. "Evaluating Aid for Trade: A Survey of Recent Studies," CEPR Discussion Papers 9690, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Olivier CADOT & Ana FERNANDES & Julien GOURDON & Aaditya MATTOO & Jaime DE MELO, 2013. "Evaluating Aid for Trade : A Survey of Recent Studies," Working Papers P75, FERDI.
- Cadot, Olivier & Fernandes, Ana & Gourdon, Julien & Mattoo, Aaditya & de Melo, Jaime, 2014. "Evaluating aid for trade : a survey of recent studies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6742, The World Bank.
- Julien Gourdon & Olivier Cadot & Ana Fernandes & Aaditya Mattoo & Jaime de Melo, 2014. "Evaluating Aid for Trade: A Survey of Recent Studies," Post-Print hal-03410093, HAL.
- Olivier CADOT & Ana FERNANDES & Julien GOURDON & Aaditya MATTOO & Jaime DE MELO, 2013. "Evaluating Aid for Trade : A Survey of Recent Studies," Working Papers P75, FERDI.
More about this item
Keywords
VAT rebate; Export growth; Trade policy; China;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
- F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
- H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
- O25 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Industrial Policy
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:pubeco:v:102:y:2013:i:c:p:13-22. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/inca/505578 .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.