A collaborative paper by Professor Russell Cooper and Professor Yan Ping from the Center for Chinese Economy at Liaoning University, together with Professor Gong Guan from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Assistant Professor Hu Guanliang from City University of Hong Kong, titled "Exporting Like China: Productivity, Market Demand, and Labor Frictions," has been accepted by the International Economic Review, a top-tier journal in economics.
This paper marks the 16th publication by faculty members of the Liaoning University Economics Department in recent years in various internationally top-tier economics journals, following publications such as: Review of Economics and Statistics (1 paper by Yu Miaojie), Journal of Development Economics (1 paper each by Yu Miaojie, Yin Lijuan, Yang Guohao, and Wang Zhifeng), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1 paper by Chou Huan Guang), Journal of International Economics (1 paper by Ma Xiangjun), Journal of Public Economics (1 paper by Chen Feng), Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (1 paper by Gao Ming), Journal of Labor Economics (1 paper by Yang Zhe), Journal of Economic Theory (1 paper by He Chao), Journal of Human Resources (1 paper by Zhou Yu), Journal of Monetary Economics (1 paper by Wang Xiaowen), and Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (1 paper each by Yang Zhe and Chen Feng). As another landmark achievement in the "Double First-Class" initiative, this paper signifies further important progress in the output of high-level scientific research outcomes for the applied economics "Double First-Class" construction at our university.
Paper Abstract
This study investigates various factors influencing firms' export decisions, focusing on the differences in export behavior between state-owned and non-state-owned enterprises in China. We develop a dynamic structural model incorporating firm export decisions, labor adjustment costs, productivity shocks, market demand shocks, and trade costs to characterize firm behavior. The model is estimated using firm-level data. Our findings indicate that the export decisions of non-state-owned enterprises are more sensitive to demand shocks, while those of state-owned enterprises are more sensitive to productivity shocks. Simulations of firm behavior based on the model are used to assess the impact of policies such as tariffs, trade policy uncertainty, and China's countermeasures on firm exports and employment.
Journal Introduction
International Economic Review (IER), founded in 1960, is sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania and published by the globally renowned Wiley-Blackwell. It is a comprehensive top-tier journal in the field of economics.
Author Profiles
Professor Russell W. Cooper joined Liaoning University full-time in 2024. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and has published over 100 papers in fields such as macroeconomics, industrial organization, international economics, experimental economics, labor economics, and monetary economics. Among these, 19 are significant academic articles published in top-tier (TOP 5) economics journals. His research covers themes including business cycles, firm dynamics, fiscal policy, finance, and monetary policy. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982 and has held faculty positions at the University of Texas at Austin (as Department Chair), Yale University, Stanford University, the University of Iowa, Boston University, Pennsylvania State University, and the European University Institute.
Professor Yan Ping joined Liaoning University full-time in 2025. She has published multiple academic papers in top domestic and international journals such as Economic Journal, RAND Journal of Economics, China Economic Quarterly, Management World, and The Journal of World Economy. She has also received the Economic Science Annual Outstanding Paper Award. Professor Yan has led four projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and has participated as a key member in several internationally collaborative research initiatives. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008.
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