讲座主题：Signaling or productivity improving? That is a question: Evidence from Importing foreign technology

主讲嘉宾：谭用，南京财经大学 教授

时间：2023年11月21日（周二） 9:00-11:00

地点：中央财经大学沙河校区 二教 211

主持人：胡翠 教授

点评人：苗壮 助理教授

主办：中央财经大学国际经济与贸易学院

致谢: 本讲座获得2023年中央财经大学专题学术讲座资助计划支持

讲座内容：

In this paper, we study firm-level optimal choices in selecting RD modes: either choose to conduct domestic-oriented RD or importing foreign technology. We incorporate firms' choice in RD mode into the framework of heterogeneous firms, and calibrate the key parameters. Our counterfactual analysis will show how the changes in RD mode potentially affect aggregate TFP and innovation efficiency. The results reveal that domestic-oriented RD mainly increase firms' performance by improving firm-level productivity (supply-channel), while foreign-imported technologies will exhibit a more pronounced signaling effect in the foreign markets (demand-channel). Lastly, we find a 7% decrease in the intra-trade costs could effectively offset the "technology strangle" issue.

嘉宾简介：

谭用，南京财经大学教授，江苏省第六期333高层次人才工程中青年学术带头人；欧洲国际贸易研讨会（ETSG）、亚洲太平洋地区国际贸易研讨会（APTS）成员。论文发表于Review of Economics and Statistics, International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; Journal of Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Review of International Economics, Southern Economic Journal, 《世界经济》、《经济学（季刊）》、《统计研究》等国内外权威期刊。主持国家自然科学基金、参与国家社科重大项目（子课题负责人）。