[讲座通知]张轶凡：WTO Accession and Performance of Chinese Manufacturing Firms
主 讲 人：张轶凡（香港岭南大学经济系副教授）
讲座题目：WTO Accession and Performance of Chinese Manufacturing Firms
时 间： 2014年3月28日（星期五）下午15：00—17：00
地 点：文科大楼六楼港澳珠三角研究中心讲学厅
讲者简介：
张轶凡，香港岭南大学经济系副教授。中国人民大学经济学硕士，美国匹兹堡大学经济学博士，美国耶鲁大学博士后。主要研究领域是国际贸易、外商投资和产业组织。曾经在《国际经济学杂志》、《发展经济学杂志》等著名期刊发表论文多篇。
讲座内容：
China’s policy-makers argued that WTO accession and the accompanying trade liberalization would have a beneficial impact on the domestic economy. China’s import tariffs differed tremendously across industry in the earlier years, but converged to an almost uniform low level after WTO entry. We exploit sectoral variation in the extent of tariff reduction to identify the impact of increased import competition on firm performance and its contribution to the significant productivity growth over the 1995– 2007 period. We find evidence of strong downward pressure on prices and mark-ups, but limited evidence that imports took away market share from domestic firms. Furthermore, much of the effects on sectoral productivity come from changes at the extensive margin. Sectors that liberalized most tend to attract especially productive entrants, private firms in particular, which can be rationalized by an increase in the minimum productivity threshold needed to survive in these sectors.