贸易经济系学术讲座系列2022年第11讲

主 题：Imports of Key Capital Goods and Quality Upgrading: Evidence from China's Import Subsidy Policy

主讲人: 李婕（首都经贸大学副教授）

协调人: 王建果

时 间：2022-06-29 16:00

地 点：线上会议室

语 言：中英文

讲座摘要：

This paper examines the impact of capital imports on firms' export quality upgrading with a subsidy policy for advanced capital imports implemented in China since 2008. Using a matched dataset of firms' production and custom databases, we employ a DiD strategy that exploits firms' differential pre-event exposures to the policy. We find that the subsidy increases firms' imports of subsidized products, and improves their export quality. Furthermore, export quality improvements due to capital imports are larger if (1) firms are more productive; (2) the exporting product is the firms' core product; (3) the product is a differentiated good; and (4) the destination market is larger and richer. Capital imports also boost firms' total exports and numbers of exporting destinations and products. Mechanism tests suggest that capital-skill complementarity can explain improved export product quality. Capital goods imports also lead to increased skill management that can improve export quality as well.

主讲人简介：

李婕，现任首都经贸大学国际经济管理学院副教授。获得新加坡国立大学经济博士学位。研究方向为国际贸易、发展经济学和应用计量经济。研究成果发表于Journal of International Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Economics Letters等国际知名学术期刊。

*如有参会需求，请于6月29日15点前，将您想参与的讲座名称，以及您的姓名、联系方式、学校/单位发送至cuirong@rmbs.ruc.edu.cn，以便及时为您开通旁听权限。