Title: Google and China's Trade

Speaker: Li Guanyi, Associate Professor of the Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA. His research fields include international trade, economic geography and economic history. He has published many papers in high-quality academic journals such as Journal of International Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Health Economics, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Scandinavian Journal of Economics and Journal of Economic & Management Strategy.

Abstract: Although Google is not used in China, Chinese provinces export significantly more to foreign countries that recently searched for them (up to 12 months prior). This attention premium is found mainly at the extensive margin of exports, larger in products that are relatively homogeneous, substitutable, and upstream in the production process, and during the holiday season. The attention premium is not found for Chinese imports from the rest of the world. Our findings attest to online attention as a scarce resource in international trade allocated by importers.

Date & time: 26 June 2025, 14:30 - 16:30

Venue: B438, Zhixin Building, Central Campus, Shandong University