Econometric forecasts of tourism demand to 2005

A complete system of demand equations which was developed previously to generate forecasts of tourism imports and exports is modified to allow for destination-specific demand structures in the tourism export functions. The new model is shown to be considerably more realistic than the original one, and represents a major conceptual improvement. Furthermore, the modified complete system of demand equations yields more accurate outof-sample forecasts, across both varying time horizons and types of forecast. The new model is used to generate forecasts of tourism imports and exports for 18 countries and various major geographical areas, including the recently expanded European Union, for the period up to 2005 for different scenarios.     

我国服装出口状况及企业策略研究

根据我国服装出口状况,客观分析了服装出口产品结构和主要出口市场,提出了出口企业应对“后配额时代”的经营策略。     

我国出口产品生产空间格局的创新

随着中国经济外贸依存度的不断提高，对外贸易、尤其是出口贸易对中国经济发展的作用日益增大，但中国出口产品的国际竞争力提升缓慢，难以适应发展的需要。中国区域间出口产品生产的高度相似是出现这一问题的重要原因，因此实现出口产品生产空间格局的创新非常必要，而建设出口型产业集群则是实现这一目标的重要途径。产业集群建设不仅能获得专业化经济和外部规模经济，而且能有效地降低交易费用和提升产品信誉，有利于扩大产品市场，获取内部规模经济。提高产业出口率也是产业集群不断保持和提升竞争力的重要途径。促进出口型产业集群的发展，培育比较优势基础上的竞争优势是成功的关键：     

The Role of Trade and International Economic Policy in Indian Economic Performance*

India's economic policies have undergone major reforms since the early 1990s. Before that, government regulation and control of economic activity was pervasive, and the trade sector did very poorly. One consequence was that imports were highly restricted and their scarcity was itself a major constraint on growth. After the crisis of the early1990s, trade policy was substantially liberalized. In this paper, the pre‐1990s regime is first briefly described. Thereafter, the economic policy reforms that impinged most directly on the trade sector are set forth, and the response of exports and imports to those changes is outlined. Exports have grown rapidly, from about 5% of the gross domestic product to around 15%, and they continue to grow at an average annual rate of 20%. Improved performance of the trade sector has been a major contributing factor to India's dramatically accelerated growth performance. A final section of this paper assesses the current situation, and sets forth the major policy challenges that will need to be met if that performance is to be sustained, if not improved upon.     

Innovation,exports, productivity and investment climate; a study based on Indian manufacturing firm-level data

In this paper, we use univariate instrumental estimations to study the interactions between firm-level innovation, exports and productivity in the Indian manufacturing sector. To differentiate incentives to innovate from the ability to innovate, we distinguish the inputs of innovation (R&D and training) from the outputs. Our findings highlight a virtuous circle between the three components of innovation, as well as between firms’ R&D, innovation and exports. The productivity of Indian manufacturing firms is benefiting from this dynamics, as exports and innovation improve firms’ TFP. With respect to the investment climate, our results suggest that differences in the environment of Indian companies contribute to their performance gaps. These results are all the more important in the context of the Make in India campaign and the weaknesses of India’s business environment.     

Estimating the magnitude of capital flight due to abnormal pricing in international trade: The Russia–USA case

Governmental and international lending agencies, as well as private sector firms, who engage in international trade, have long been concerned with detecting and determining the magnitude of abnormal pricing in international trade. To detect such abnormal pricings, we present a framework analyzing millions of import/export transactions between the U.S. and Russia. The objectives of this study are to estimate the economic impact of over-invoiced/under-invoiced Russian imports/exports from/to the U.S. and to determine if capital movement/capital flight through trade is due to money laundering, tax evasion or some sort of portfolio consideration. Our results lead us to conclude that capital movement through trade in this case can be attributed to either money laundering and/or tax evasion.     

人民币均衡汇率错位对进出口的影响——基于协整理论和二元选择模型的实证分析

本文基于协整理论,运用单位根检验、二步法、误差修正模型和二元选择Probit和Logit模型,对人民币均衡汇率错位对进、出口的影响进行了实证分析。本文的创新之处：在模型中引入了反映我国“二元经济结构”特征的三个控制变量——工农业对GDP的贡献度之差,城乡居民家庭恩格尔系数之差,第一产业和第二产业人口构成之差参与回归检验,显著性很强,使得模型更可信和稳定。结论表明：人民币均衡汇率错位对进、出口均有不同程度的负面影响,对进口的负面影响稍大于出口;人民币均衡汇率错位对进口向长期均衡水平的调整比出口更加有利;人民币均衡汇率高估错位幅度越大,越有利于进口;低估错位幅度越大,越有利于出口。     

出口退税、财政补贴能否提高企业出口强度？——基于货物贸易和服务贸易的对比分析

以出口退税、财政补贴影响企业出口的理论为基础,采用2016年全国税收调查数据和OLS估计法进行实证检验。研究发现：出口退税显著激励企业货物出口强度,而财政补贴显著激励企业服务出口强度;出口退税对加工贸易企业的货物出口激励效应比非加工贸易企业显著,财政补贴对非加工贸易企业的服务出口激励效应更显著;出口退税、财政补贴对自贸区企业的出口激励效应小于非自贸区企业;出口退税、财政补贴对东部企业、涉外企业的出口激励效应较大,私有企业次之,国有企业不显著甚至负效应;出口退税降低企业负债融资,而财政补贴增加企业股权融资,缓解出口的融资约束。     

当前山东省外汇指定银行贸易融资状况分析及对策选择

受金融危机影响,近期我国贸易融资业务大幅萎缩,对外贸进出口产生不利影响.本文以山东省为例,对当前银行贸易融资业务经营情况进行了调查,深入分析了贸易融资业务规模萎缩的原因,并提出了相关的政策建议.     

China and the Exports of Other Asian Countries

We analyze the impact of China’s growth on the exports of other Asian countries, distinguishing China’s demand for imports from its penetration of export markets. We account for the endogeneity of Chinese exports by applying instrumental variables in a gravity model with country-pair fixed-effects. We find that China’s crowding-out effect is felt mainly in markets for consumer goods and hence by less-developed Asian countries, not in markets for capital goods or by the more advanced Asian economies. Meanwhile, China has been sucking in imports from its Asian neighbors, but this effect is mainly felt in markets for capital goods. Hence, more and less developed Asian countries are being affected very differently by China’s rise. JEL no. E5, F4