Currency Carry Trade by Trucks: The Curious Case of China's Massive Imports from Itself
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- Xuepeng Liu & Heiwai Tang & Zhi Wang & Shang-Jin Wei, 2023. "Currency Carry Trade by Trucks: The Curious Case of China’s Massive Imports from Itself," Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 27(2), pages 469-493.
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JEL classification:
- F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
- F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
- G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2022-02-07 (China)
- NEP-IFN-2022-02-07 (International Finance)
- NEP-INT-2022-02-07 (International Trade)
- NEP-OPM-2022-02-07 (Open Economy Macroeconomics)
- NEP-ORE-2022-02-07 (Operations Research)
- NEP-TRA-2022-02-07 (Transition Economics)
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