进口贸易自由化、商品质量与消费者福利——来自中国八大区域的经验证据

Import Trade Liberalization,Commodity Quality and Consumer Welfare——Empirical Evidence From Eight Regions of China

进口贸易自由化带来的消费者福利取决于商品的价格和质量。进口贸易自由化提升了消费者福利效应,但表现出东部和南方区域较为显著的特征;相比食品和衣着,日用品的福利效应相对显著;年龄增加福利效应也相应增加;收入水平的提升可能导致福利效应边际递减。因此建议:主动应对全球经济形势放缓和贸易摩擦,促进高质量发展,推动产业结构升级;推动区域均衡发展,尤其注重北方地区和中西部地区与国际市场接轨;加大知识产权保护执行力度;提升食品和衣着的福利效应,大力发展“银发”经济;适当减免与物流行业相关的税费;多元化进口产品等。

The consumer welfare brought about by import trade liberalization depends on the price and quality of commodities.Import trade liberalization promotes consumer welfare effects,and it has a greater impact in the east and in the south;the welfare effects of daily necessities are more significant than those of food and clothing;the welfare effects increase with age;the increase of income may lead to diminishing marginal welfare effects.We should actively cope with the slowdown of global economy and trade friction to promote high-quality development and the upgrading of industrial structure;promote regional balanced development,and place extra emphasis on the connection between the northern,central and western China and the international market;strengthen intellectual property protection;improve the welfare effects of food and clothing;vigorously develop the"silver economy";reduce or exempt taxes and fees related to the logistics industry reasonably;diversify import.