人大国发院“理论与政策”研讨会(第169期)Trade Liberalisation, Sourcing capability and Multi product Firms主 讲:俞志宏(英国诺丁汉大学经济学院)主 持:刘 青(中国人民大学经济学院、国家发展与战略研究院)时 间:2024年4月26日(星期五)15:30-17:00地 点:立德教学楼11层1133会议室报告摘要:How do multi-product firms gain from trade liberalisation? In this paper we show that firms’ sourcing capability plays a key dimension in determining firms’ product choices responding to export liberalisation. Using Chinese firm level export-import data, we show that reductions in trade policy uncertainty induced by China’s WTO entry can lead to substantial increase(decrease) in firms’ likelihood of export entry(exit) in new(existing) products, especially for those products that have greater input similarity with the firms’ existing input mix. These effects are stronger for high income expor
………………………………