跨区域信息溢出与企业出口:来自中国多工厂企业的证据

Cross-Regional Information Spillover and Firm Exports:Evidence from Multi-Factory Firms in China

现有文献强调信息外溢高度地区化,空间邻近是信息溢出的重要条件。中国出口贸易包含部分多工厂企业,其同一时期多地组织生产并出口的运营模式为信息跨区域溢出提供了可能。本文构建跨区域信息溢出的异质性企业理论模型,利用2000-2011年中国异地分布多工厂企业微观数据,检验跨区域信息能否通过企业内部信息网络对工厂出口产生影响。研究发现,异地出口企业信息溢出显著促进了工厂出口销售额,跨区域信息溢出效应的影响会因信息接收方(出口工厂)和传递渠道(信息网络)的异质性有所不同。本研究对推动中国优化区域发展格局和探索高质量发展具有启示意义。

The existing literature emphasises that information spillover is often highly regionalised and spatial proximity is a significant aspect in information spillover.In fact,China's exporters include multifactory firms,whose operation mode when organising their production and exporting in various places at the same time provides the possibility of information being spilled over across regions.This paper develops a theoretical model of heterogeneous firms with cross-regional information spillover and uses micro-data from multi-factory firms in China between 2000 and 2011 to empirically test whether cross-regional information can influence factory exports through the firms'internal information networks.The results of the study indicate that the cross-regional information spillover from non-local exporting firms significantly promotes the export sales of factories,and the inter-regional information spillover effect has a differentiated impact due to the heterogeneity of information recipients(exporting factories)and transmission channels(cross-regional information networks).This research offers useful implications for the promotion of regional coordinated development and the achievement of steady trade growth in China.