A note on ‘The J-curve: evidence from commodity trade between US and China’ of Bahmani-Oskooee and Wang (2008) in Applied Economics , volume 40, issue 21

This note discusses the empirical findings of Bahmani-Oskooee and Wang (2008), thereafter BOW. In their analysis, BOW suggest that the J-curve phenomenon holds in 22 US industries with China as a trading partner. However, it turns out that there is a misinterpretation of their findings. We show that the J-curve hypothesis is extremely questionable in at least 10 cases out of those 22 industries, claimed by BOW that the J-curve holds.