Exports, Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Development in China
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exports and Economic Development: Early Debates and Recent Controversies -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The impact of exports on economic growth: theoretical studies -- 2.3 The 'engine of growth' theory and its relevance in the twenty-first century -- 2.4 Exports, income distribution and the 'impoverishment' school -- 2.5 Preconditions for successful export-led growth -- 2.6 Conclusions -- 3 Empirical Studies on Exports and Development -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Empirical studies on exports and growth -- 3.3 Empirical studies on exports and productivity -- 3.4 Studies in the China context -- 3.5 Conclusions, research questions and research methodology -- 4 The Exports of China: An Overview -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Export promotion policies -- 4.3 Growth profile -- 4.4 Commodity composition -- 4.5 Market distribution -- 4.6 Regional fragmentation -- 4.7 Growth of processing trade -- 4.8 Exports of FIEs and TVEs -- 4.9 Linkages between exports, FDI and imports -- 4.10 Revealed comparative advantage -- 4.11 Conclusions -- Appendix: RCA and China's exports -- 5 Exports, FDI and Employment Growth in China -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The 'vent-for-surplus' model -- 5.3 Surplus in China -- 5.4 Exports of TVEs and FIEs, and vent-for-surplus labour -- 5.5 Empirical evidence -- 5.6 Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Output and consumption growth -- Appendix 2: Factor content of China's exports -- 6 Exports, Technical Progress and Productivity Growth in Chinese Manufacturing Industries -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Exports, technical progress and efficiency improvement: a theoretical framework -- 6.3 Methodology -- 6.4 Data and results -- 6.5 Conclusions -- Appendix: Labour productivity.