自由贸易园区与区域经济增长——基于中国省级面板数据的实证分析

Free Trade Zone and Regional Economic Growth:Empirical Analysis Based on China's Provincial Panel Data

中文关键词:  自由贸易园区  劳动生产率  区域经济  经济增长  经济收敛  贸易开放

英文关键词:Free Trade Zone (FTZ)  labor productivity  regional economy  economic growth  economic convergence  trade liberalization

中文摘要:

      作为改革开放战略中的一项重要举措,自由贸易园区对中国经济增长的重要性不言而喻。文章基于1990—2014年中国省级面板数据,利用个体时间双向固定效应模型实证检验了自由贸易园区对区域经济增长的作用。研究发现:自由贸易园区对劳动生产率的提高的促进作用显著；自由贸易园区与贸易开放的互补效应促进了劳动生产率的提高,这一特点主要体现在东部地区；中西部地区自由贸易园区对劳动生产率的提升作用并不显著,自由贸易园区与贸易开放对劳动生产率的提高具有明显的替代效应。进一步分析发现,自由贸易园区分布的地区间差异明显减小,设立自由贸易园区加快了东部地区经济收敛速度,且自由贸易园区与贸易开放对经济收敛速度的正向作用存在互补效应。

英文摘要:

      As an important measure in the reform and opening-up strategy, Free Trade Zone (FTZ) is important to economic growth which is self-evident. Based on the provincial panel data during the years from 1990 to 2014, the individual time two-way fixed effect model is applied to the empirical test on the impact of FTZ upon regional economic growth. The research finds that FTZ has a significantly positive impact on labor productivity. The complementary effect of FTZ and trade liberalization promotes the improvement of labor productivity, which is manifested mainly in the eastern area. FTZ in the central and western areas has no significant effect on the improvement of labor productivity. FTZ and trade liberalization have obvious substitution effect on the improvement of labor productivity. The further analysis finds that the regional difference in the distribution of FTZ has been significantly reduced, the establishment of FTZ has accelerated the economic convergence in eastern area, and there is complementary effect between FTZ and trade liberalization in their positive effect on economic convergence. 