FDI对我国地区能源强度影响的经验研究

Empirical Study on Impact of FDI on Regional Energy Intensity in China

本文用我国30个省1996-2006年的面板数据考察了FDI对区域能源强度的影响。结果表明,FDI通过技术效应和结构效应降低了省区能源强度;固定资产投资、对外贸易、工业化水平等因素会引起能源强度上升,地区收入水平和经济规模则显著抑制能源强度的增长。分地区回归结果显示,当用国外市场接近度作为FDI的工具变量时,FDI流入有利于降低东部地区和中部地区的能源强度,并且中部地区的效果要好于东部地区;但是西部地区却有可能成为外资的"污染天堂"。

Using the panel data of 30 provinces during 1996-2006, this paper assesses the effect of FDI on regional energy intensity. The result shows that FDI does reduce regional energy intensity by technique effect and composition effect; fixed capital investment, international trade and level of industrialization enhance energy intensity; regional per capital income and economic scale significantly decrease the energy intensity. When using FMA as IV variable of FDI, the estimation shows that FDI reduces energy intensity more efficiently in the mid region than in the eastern region. However, it becomes one of the factors that increase energy intensity. The result also illustrates the fact that pollution heaven from foreign investment exist in western region