Export Destination, Product Quality, and Margins of Chinese Products in the International Markets
Grant Data
Project Title
Export Destination, Product Quality, and Margins of Chinese Products in the International Markets
Principal Investigator
Dr Zhang, Hongsong
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Dr Li Shengyu
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
42
Start Date
2015-07-01
Amount
339000
Conference Title
Export Destination, Product Quality, and Margins of Chinese Products in the International Markets
Presentation Title
Keywords
Export Destination, Margin, Product Quality, Productivity, Trade Liberalization
Discipline
Economics
Panel
Business Studies (B)
HKU Project Code
17503115
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2015
Status
Completed
Objectives
1) To develop a (global comparable) measure of product quality based on observed data. 2) To examine how product quality differs both across firms in the domestic and export markets. 3) To investigate how past export experience and other investments affect product quality. 4) To understand firms’ dynamic decisions on investments in R&D and advertisement in order to improve productivity and (perceived) product quality. 5) To apply this model to examine the product quality, productivity, and export performance of Chinese firms, and to provide a micro-based guideline for Chinese firms and policy makers to improve the serious quality concern of Chinese products in the international markets.