eprintid: 20377
rev_number: 13
eprint_status: archive
userid: 2744
dir: disk0/00/02/03/77
datestamp: 2016-03-08 09:04:17
lastmod: 2016-04-22 11:38:33
status_changed: 2016-03-08 09:04:17
type: workingPaper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Fuchs, Andreas
title: China’s Economic Diplomacy and the Politics-Trade Nexus
subjects: 330
divisions: 181000
keywords: economic diplomacy, international trade, embassies, political climate, state visits, leadership travel, emerging economies, China, Dalai Lama, Tibet
abstract: This article reviews the literature on the linkages between political tensions, economic diplomacy and international trade in the light of China’s rise in the global economy. The existing scholarly work suggests that economic diplomacy should be more pivotal in economic exchange with
China than with Western market economies. In an econometric test, I analyze how diplomatic tensions, measured through foreign dignitaries’ meetings with the Dalai Lama, affect the likelihood of an official visit from a Chinese leader. The results show that the likelihood of the Chinese leadership traveling to a country is 13.6 percent lower if the country’s government receives the Dalai Lama in a
given year but increases in the following year, supposedly to restore ties. This finding underlines that economic diplomacy is an important channel linking political climate and economic exchange between nations.
date: 2016-03
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00020377
schriftenreihe_cluster_id: sr-3
schriftenreihe_order: 0609
ppn_swb: 1656443341
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-203777
language: eng
bibsort: FUCHSANDRECHINASECON201603
full_text_status: public
series: Discussion Paper Series, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
volume: 0609
place_of_pub: Heidelberg
pages: 25
citation:   Fuchs, Andreas  (2016) China’s Economic Diplomacy and the Politics-Trade Nexus.  [Working paper]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/20377/1/fuchs_2016_dp609.pdf