Title：Productivity Gains from Trade: Bunching Estimates from Trading Rights in China.

　　 Schedule: Oct 27, Wed 12:00-1:00 PM

　　 Location: Rm 315, Chengming Hall (诚明楼) & 腾讯会议 994 901 608

　　 Abstract: This paper identifies the productivity gains from trade by studying the manipulation behavior of firms in response to regulatory policies on international trade in China.Bunching estimates show that participation in international trade increases firm productivity by approximately 26.9 percent of the control mean. The majority of productivity gains from trade stem from exporting goods to foreign markets, while a small proportion of the gains arise from importing intermediate inputs. A heterogeneous analysis shows that productivity gains from trade correlate with a country’s comparative advantage. Workers share productivity gains through increased wages but not increased employment. Less productive firms (i.e., older firms and state-owned firms) gain more from participating in trade relative to more productive firms, generating a catching up effect. 

　　 Introduction: Jianguo Wang is an assistant professor in Renmin University of China. Prior to this, She studied at National University of Singapore for PhD in economics (2016-2021). Her research interest is in Empirical Studies of Trade, Fiscal Policies and Firm Behavior, and Applied Microeconometrics.

标题：贸易促进生产力提高：中国贸易权的聚束估计

摘要：本文通过研究企业对中国国际贸易监管政策的操纵行为，确定了贸易所带来的生产率收益。聚束估计表明，参与国际贸易使企业生产率平均值提高了约26.9%。贸易带来的大部分生产力提高来自于向国外市场出口商品，而一小部分收益来自进口中间投入。异质分析结果表明，贸易带来的生产力提高与一个国家的比较优势相关。工人通过增加工资而不是增加就业来分享生产力提高。相对于生产力较高的公司，生产力较低的公司（如老牌公司和国有企业）从参与贸易中获得更多收益，进而产生追赶效应。

 

主讲人介绍: 王建果，中国人民大学助理教授。她曾于新加坡国立大学攻读经济学博士学位（2016-2021）。她的研究兴趣是贸易、财政政策和企业行为的实证研究，以及应用微观计量经济学。