华南市场经济研究中心

主题：Geography versus Policy:Exploring How Location Matters in Placed-Based Policies Using a Natural Experiment in China

主讲人：上海交通大学安泰经济管理学院 陆铭 特聘教授

时间：2016年6月8日（周三）上午8：30-9:30

地点：华南师范大学大学城校区文二栋301会议室

摘要：Using the mass closure of development zones in 2004 as a natural experiment, we examine the causal effect of development zone closure on firm-level TFP in China, and its locational heterogeneity. The difference-in-difference estimator shows that on average, loss of protection by zones results in 6.5% loss of firms’ TFP, while the effect varies with locations. Within 500 kilometers of the three major seaports in China, closure of zones reduced firm-level TFP by 9.62%, whereas closure of zone farther away did not show significant effects. We also found that market potential plays a role in explaining the locational heterogeneous effect.

主讲人简介：陆铭，复旦大学经济学博士、教授，2001复旦大学经济学博士。2013年受聘上海交通大学特聘教授、博士生导师、中国发展研究中心主任、上海市政协委员。研究领域：劳动经济学、城乡和区域发展、社会经济学