贸易经济系论文工作坊2021年第2讲

主 题：Learning while Importing in Emerging Countries: Evidence from China

主讲人: 黄劲超（中国人民大学商学院贸易经济系博士生）

协调人: 陈志远

时 间：2021-04-28 09:00

地 点：Zoom会议室

Zoom Meeting：https://zoom.com.cn/j/62894862694 
ID：628 9486 2694
点评人：Sali Li (University of South Carolina)
邀请人：易靖韬

工作坊内容：对以下一篇论文进行讨论及点评，同时介绍如何写作Introduction as Jobs-to-be-done。

摘要：
The learning role of R&D is an important yet less explored channel which facilitates international technology diffusion in terms of importing. We propose that importing stimulates firms’ R&D through knowledge spillover effect that firms make more investment in R&D to assimilate and exploit knowledge from imported goods. Using a unique dataset of Chinese manufacturing firms, we investigate the relationship between import and R&D intensity, by employing a multiple treatment causal study framework in analyzing both the impact of importing intermediate inputs and capital goods on R&D respectively. We find that the entry into the import market enhances firms’ R&D intensity; import entry of capital goods has a larger positive impact on R&D intensity than that of intermediate inputs both in the short and long run. We also find importing from high-income countries induces higher R&D intensity than importing from low-income sources. This study emphasizes the importance of the learning role of R&D regarding international trade, and contributes to the technological change literature, encouraging more targeted trade and innovation policies which guide importers’ R&D activities.

点评人简介：
Sali Li (PhD University of Utah, 2007) is a Professor and Research Fellow at the Sonoco International Business Department at the Darla Moore School of Business.
Professor Li teaches Global Strategy and Negotiation course in the MBA, PhD, and Executive Education programs and has received several teaching awards. His research on internationalization of digital innovation was awarded the Rugman Prize by the Academy of International Business and he was recognized as the most promising scholar under the age of 40 in the field of international business. Professor Li’s research on FDI in Africa won the GWU-CIBER Best Paper Award on Emerging Markets at Academy of Management. In addition, he also serves as associate editor of Journal of Management and Journal of World Business.