上财城市与区域科学学院/财经研究所Seminar(2019年春季学期第2期)

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【主题】Flying High in the Sky: the Airports Decentralization Reform and Regional Economic Development in China

【报告人】梁平汉中山大学教授

2019419日(星期五)15:00-16:30

上海财经大学红瓦楼236会议室

主持人孙聪讲师

【报告摘要】

Using a geo-coded micro-level panel dataset for Chinese manufacturing firms, we estimate the effect of China’s airports decentralization reform in 2003-2004 on regional economies. We employ a Difference-in-Difference-in-Difference (DDD) estimation, and show that the decentralization reform significantly raises the airport operating efficiency in terms of cargo freight and aircraft movements. We find out that the high-skill-intensive firms with better airport access enjoy 9.1% more reduction in the inventory level, 2.5% more increase in the total factor productivity, and 3.5% more increase in the industrial value-added after the reform, indicating the causal impact of airport decentralization on firm performances. Consistent with the literature, we show that the increasing outside investment and the entry to the international market are the channels through which improving air travel benefits firm performance. Our results are robust against various specifications.

【报告人简介】

梁平汉,中山大学政治与公共事务管理学院教授,博士生导师,中山大学中国公共管理研究中心研究员,国家治理研究院研究员。研究兴趣包括地方政府行为、博弈论、行为与实验经济学等,论文发表在Games and Economic BehaviorJournal of Comparative Economics、《经济研究》《管理世界》《经济学季刊》《世界经济》《中国工业经济》等国内外期刊,其中多篇被《新华文摘》《人大报刊复印资料》等全文转载;主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、青年项目以及国家社会科学基金专项课题子课题等多项科研项目;曾获霍英东基金会高等院校青年教师奖等奖励,是EconometricaEuropean Journal of Operational Research、《经济研究》《管理世界》等期刊的匿名审稿专家。

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