The trade facilitation impact of the Chinese diaspora

Using an enhanced data set on the population share of overseas Chinese in 1970 and 1990, this paper analyses the impact of the Chinese diaspora on facilitating China's bilateral trade during the period 1973–2013. Our findings suggest substantial trade creation effects resulting from the presenc...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:World economy 2020-09, Vol.43 (9), p.2411-2436
Main Authors: Martínez‐Zarzoso, Inmaculada, Rudolf, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Chemicals
Chinese networks
correlated random‐effects Poisson pseudo‐maximum likelihood
Diaspora
Economic analysis
Exports
Food
gravity model
Imports
International trade
Longitudinal studies
Machinery
panel data
Raw materials
sectoral trade
Transportation
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Using an enhanced data set on the population share of overseas Chinese in 1970 and 1990, this paper analyses the impact of the Chinese diaspora on facilitating China's bilateral trade during the period 1973–2013. Our findings suggest substantial trade creation effects resulting from the presence of ethnic Chinese in the trade partner population. Diaspora impacts on Chinese bilateral imports are in general higher than those found for exports. Coethnic networks play a larger role as long as the partner country does not have an RTA with China in place. Among export sectors, effects found were strongest for food, as well as for machinery and transport equipment. In regard to imports, coethnic networks matter mostly for raw materials, machinery and transport equipment, and chemicals.
ISSN:1467-9701
0378-5920
1467-9701
DOI:10.1111/twec.12950