January 1, 2021
We assess whether participation in China’s Belt and Road Initiative has delivered the trade gains its member countries were promised, using a structural gravity model to separate the initiative’s effect from underlying trends already under way before countries signed on.
Published in: China Economic Review, 67(C)
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title: "Belt and road: The China dream?"
description: "China Economic Review, 2021. With Karen Jackson."
date: "2021-01-01"
categories: [trade-wars]
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We assess whether participation in China's Belt and Road Initiative has
delivered the trade gains its member countries were promised, using a
structural gravity model to separate the initiative's effect from
underlying trends already under way before countries signed on.
**Published in:** *China Economic Review*, 67(C)
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