This paper analyzes the impact of Chinese competition on developed countries’ export prices. The empirical application is on Italy, one of the main European manufacturing exporters with exports at high risk of competition from China. Our results show that, following China’s entry into the WTO, the price strategies of Italianfirms has been affected. While in general the increasing Chinese export competition resulted in an upgrading of products exported, the impact has been different according to the sector and technological level. The incentives to upgrade have been stronger for low technology sectors, where competition is tougher and varieties of products sold lower. To highlight quality differentials, and isolate the effects on the different segments of the distribution of Italy’s export prices, we run quantile regressions. Wefind that are mainly products sold at low prices to face a strong pressure to upgrade

China’s competition and the export price strategies of developed countries / Giovannetti, Giorgia; Sanfilippo, Marco. - In: INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF APPLIED ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0269-2171. - STAMPA. - 30:(2016), pp. 238-254. [10.1080/02692171.2015.1102205]

China’s competition and the export price strategies of developed countries

GIOVANNETTI, GIORGIA;SANFILIPPO, MARCO
2016

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This paper analyzes the impact of Chinese competition on developed countries’ export prices. The empirical application is on Italy, one of the main European manufacturing exporters with exports at high risk of competition from China. Our results show that, following China’s entry into the WTO, the price strategies of Italianfirms has been affected. While in general the increasing Chinese export competition resulted in an upgrading of products exported, the impact has been different according to the sector and technological level. The incentives to upgrade have been stronger for low technology sectors, where competition is tougher and varieties of products sold lower. To highlight quality differentials, and isolate the effects on the different segments of the distribution of Italy’s export prices, we run quantile regressions. Wefind that are mainly products sold at low prices to face a strong pressure to upgrade
2016
30
238
254
Giovannetti, Giorgia; Sanfilippo, Marco
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