经济政策不确定性对中国OFDI的影响研究 ——来自174个国家和地区的经验证据

文章根据2004—2019年中国对174个国家和地区直接投资的面板数据和Baker等构建的经济政策不确定性指数,采用固定面板效应模型检验了经济政策不确定性对中国OFDI的影响,并通过引入企业家信心、双边投资协定等变量分析了经济政策不确定性对中国OFDI的作用机制.研究发现:经济政策不确定性对中国OFDI有显著的促进作用;企业家信心在经济政策不确定性影响中国OFDI过程中发挥了部分中介效应;双边投资协定强化了经济政策不确定性对中国OFDI的正向效应;进一步研究发现,经济政策不确定性对中国OFDI的影响存在经济政策不确定性高低、双边贸易规模以及地理邻近关系的非对称效应.     

The impact of banking sector reform in a transition economy: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan

We examine the impact of financial sector reform on interest rate levels and spreads using Kyrgyz bank-level data from 1998 to 2005. We find that, in addition to macroeconomic stabilization, structural reforms to the banking sector significantly contributed to lower interest rates. In particular, our results suggest that foreign bank entry and regulatory efforts to increase average bank size were important in reducing deposit rates. In contrast, we find little evidence that banking sector reform or macroeconomic stabilization has impacted interest rate spreads.