[12月20日]国际经济学workshop

发布日期:2016-12-15 09:04    来源:北京大学国家发展研究院

时间:2016年12月20日(周二)10:30-12:00

地点:北大国发院/中国经济研究中心小教室

主持人:余淼杰 余昌华 王歆

主讲人:樊海潮 (复旦大学)

题目:On the Relationship Between Quality and Productivity: Evidence from China's Accession to the WTO

摘要:This paper presents an analysis of the effect of China's entry into the WTO on the quality choices of Chinese exporters in terms of their outputs and their inputs. Using highly disaggregated firm-level data, we show that the quality upgrading made possible by China's tariff reductions was concentrated in the least productive Chinese exporters. These firms, which had been laggards in terms of quality prior to the tariff reduction, were the most aggressive in increasing the quality of their exports and their inputs and in redirecting their exports toward high income markets where demand for high quality goods is strong. Our empirical results are consistent with a simple model in which productivity and quality are complements but in which quality upgrading is subject to diminishing returns. This latter feature does not appear in workhorse models of firm heterogeneity and endogenous quality choice which provide a distorted view of the impact of trade liberalization on quality upgrading.

主讲人简介:

樊海潮,复旦大学经济学院副教授。2013年于香港科技大学获得经济学博士学位。2013年-2016年9月任教于上海财经大学。2016年9月起任教于复旦大学。主要研究方向是国际贸易、国际金融、宏观经济学等。论文发表于Economic Journal, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control等顶尖期刊。

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