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DESCRIPTION:Trade Development and Political Economy Presents: Maggie Chen o
 n Varieties of Trade Networks: Micro-Level Evidence from China Modern econ
 omies are characterized by vast and complex micro trade networks. This pap
 er examines the formation of varieties of firm trade networks and their re
 lative value in productivity growth. Using a unique Chinese firm transacti
 on dataset\, the paper quantifies five distinct varieties of inter-firm li
 nkages based on the flows of goods\, services\, capital\, credit\, and tec
 hnology. The paper identifies the causal effect of trade networks by explo
 iting either exclusion conditions formed by partner characteristics or "se
 cond-degree" linkages. The analysis shows that\, first\, the productivity 
 of the supplier firm plays an important role in the formation of networks\
 , but the effect varies sharply across different network varieties. While 
 more productive firms become larger suppliers of goods and technology\, th
 e less productive firms are larger providers of capital\, credit\, and ser
 vices. Second\, distance matters differently for different varieties of ne
 tworks. Proximity increases the probability of trade in goods and services
 \, but does not affect capital and technology flows. Third\, among the dif
 ferent varieties of networks\, capital networks are most effective in stim
 ulating the productivity growth of recipient firms. Maggie Chen is an Econ
 omist at the Trade and Integration division of the Development Research Gr
 oup at the World Bank and Associate Professor of Economics and Internation
 al Affairs at George Washington University. Her main research interests ar
 e in the field of international trade. Her recent work has been on multina
 tional firms and regional trade agreements
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SUMMARY:Trade Development and Political Economy Presents: Maggie Chen 
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Trade Development and Political Economy Presen
 ts: Maggie Chen on Varieties of Trade Networks: Micro-Level Evidence from 
 China Modern economies are characterized by vast and complex micro trade n
 etworks. This paper examines the formation of varieties of firm trade netw
 orks and their relative value in productivity growth. Using a unique Chine
 se firm transaction dataset\, the paper quantifies five distinct varieties
  of inter-firm linkages based on the flows of goods\, services\, capital\,
  credit\, and technology. The paper identifies the causal effect of trade 
 networks by exploiting either exclusion conditions formed by partner chara
 cteristics or "second-degree" linkages. The analysis shows that\, first\, 
 the productivity of the supplier firm plays an important role in the forma
 tion of networks\, but the effect varies sharply across different network 
 varieties. While more productive firms become larger suppliers of goods an
 d technology\, the less productive firms are larger providers of capital\,
  credit\, and services. Second\, distance matters differently for differen
 t varieties of networks. Proximity increases the probability of trade in g
 oods and services\, but does not affect capital and technology flows. Thir
 d\, among the different varieties of networks\, capital networks are most 
 effective in stimulating the productivity growth of recipient firms. Maggi
 e Chen is an Economist at the Trade and Integration division of the Develo
 pment Research Group at the World Bank and Associate Professor of Economic
 s and International Affairs at George Washington University. Her main rese
 arch interests are in the field of international trade. Her recent work ha
 s been on multinational firms and regional trade agreements
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