Information accessibility and export quality: Evidence from China
Exploiting Google's 2010 withdrawal from mainland China, we examine the causal impact of information accessibility on export quality, and find that export quality decreases after Google's exit. The effect is more pronounced for firms and products facing greater information frictions, for f...
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Published in | Review of international economics Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 480 - 509 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Oxford
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.05.2024
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Summary: | Exploiting Google's 2010 withdrawal from mainland China, we examine the causal impact of information accessibility on export quality, and find that export quality decreases after Google's exit. The effect is more pronounced for firms and products facing greater information frictions, for firms in regions with local web filters, for firms trading with countries with more online information, and for firms facing fiercer product market competition. The more intensively affected firms also become less productive and their capital intensity declines after Google's exit. Overall, these results suggest that limited information accessibility may impair a country's international competitiveness through deteriorating export quality. |
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Bibliography: | Funding information National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences, Grant/Award Number: 21&ZD143 |
ISSN: | 0965-7576 1467-9396 |
DOI: | 10.1111/roie.12666 |