A Race to Lead: How Chinese Government Interventions Shape U.S.-China Production Competition

70 Pages Posted: 15 Apr 2020 Last revised: 15 Mar 2022

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Xiao Cen

Mays Business School, Texas A&M University

Vyacheslav Fos

Boston College - Department of Finance; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Wei Jiang

Emory University Goizueta Business School; ECGI; NBER

Date Written: March 14, 2022

Abstract

Integrating establishment-level data from the United States and China, we study dynamic industrial interdependence between the two economies. Births of Chinese firms predict same-industry firm exits and reduced employment in the U.S., but the reverse relationship is not significant. Chinese Five-Year Plans were not preceded by low production/employment in the same industries in the U.S. but were followed by shrinkage with spillovers along the supply chain. Stock returns, firm valuation, and job postings indicate that neither the market nor companies expected deterioration in the targeted industries prior to the announcement of the Plans, but made adjustments afterwards.

Keywords: Investment policy, employment, subsidies, industrial policy

JEL Classification: F14, F16, O25, L60

Suggested Citation

Cen, Xiao and Fos, Vyacheslav and Jiang, Wei, A Race to Lead: How Chinese Government Interventions Shape U.S.-China Production Competition (March 14, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3564494 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3564494

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