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Recent Developments on the Rare Earth Front

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Chinese actions in the rare earths market have raised a number of concerns about the country’s motives in restricting exports. One theory is that the country simply wants to ensure that it has adequate supplies for its future expansion into a number of energyefficient, and high-tech sectors using large amounts of this resource. Another view is that the country is practising a new type of mercantilism – leveraging the country’s current near monopoly over the resource to coerce using firms to locate in China and transfer their technology to Chinese firms: technocratic mercantilism. An analysis of China’s recent actions, together with empirical work suggesting a severe technological readiness lag, lends some support to the mercantilist interpretation.

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  • Robert Looney, 2011. "Recent Developments on the Rare Earth Front," World Economics, World Economics, 1 Ivory Square, Plantation Wharf, London, United Kingdom, SW11 3UE, vol. 12(1), pages 47-78, January.
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    1. Maximilian A. Müller & Denis Schweizer & Volker Seiler, 2016. "Wealth Effects of Rare Earth Prices and China’s Rare Earth Elements Policy," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 138(4), pages 627-648, November.
    2. Smith Stegen, Karen, 2015. "Heavy rare earths, permanent magnets, and renewable energies: An imminent crisis," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 1-8.
    3. Hayes-Labruto, Leslie & Schillebeeckx, Simon J.D. & Workman, Mark & Shah, Nilay, 2013. "Contrasting perspectives on China's rare earths policies: Reframing the debate through a stakeholder lens," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 55-68.
    4. Powell-Turner, Julieanna & Antill, Peter D., 2015. "Will future resource demand cause significant and unpredictable dislocations for the UK Ministry of Defence?," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 217-226.
    5. Chunyan He & Yalin Lei & Jianping Ge, 2014. "Assessment of Trading Partners for China's Rare Earth Exports Using a Decision Analytic Approach," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(7), pages 1-13, July.

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