China's Local Comparative Advantage

James Harrigan, Haiyan Deng

NBER Working Paper No. 13963
Issued in April 2008

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This paper was prepared for presentation at the "Conference on China's Growing Role in World Trade" organized by Robert Feenstra and Shang-Jin Wei, August 3-4, 2007, Chatham, MA. We thank conference participants and the organizers, especially Rob Feenstra and our discussant Chong Xiang, for helpful comments. We also thank Jennifer Peck for able research assistance. The views expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Federal Reserve System, the Conference Board, or the NBER.

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