投资环境对外资企业效益的影响——来自企业层面的证据

Effects of Investment Climates on Foreign Invested Firms' Performance: Evidence from Firm Level Data

本文利用企业层面数据 ,研究中国内地 44个城市的投资环境对外资企业效益的影响。我们发现 :一方面 ,投资环境 (尤其是法制环境 )对外资企业的效益有显著的正向影响 ;另一方面 ,在中国经营时间长、外方投资者投资次数多的外资企业对投资环境的依赖程度比较低。数据中外资企业效益的变化可能是由于外资企业效益真正发生了变化 ,也可能是外资企业出于纳税的考虑而改变了利润隐瞒的程度。我们的实证结果支持了前一种观点 ,而只是部分支持了后一种观点。

The paper studies the effects of the investment climate (IC) on the performance of Foreign Invested Enterprises (FIEs) using firm-level data in 44 cities in China. We find that IC has significant and positive effects on the performance of FIEs. We also find that FIEs that have operated longer in China, or whose foreign investors have had more investments in China rely less on IC. The change in the performance in the data may reflect an actual change in the profit or a change in the amount of tax-driven under-reporting of the profit. Our empirical results support the former view, while only partially support the latter view.