社会文化联系与香港对外贸易

社会文化联系可减少市场信息不对称,降低交易成本,提升国际贸易水平。文章利用1992—2005年香港贸易数据评估社会文化联系在香港对外贸易中的作用。结果表明,香港倾向于与华人密集的国家和英联邦国家进行贸易,说明社会文化联系确实提高贸易水平,这种影响对香港出口以及低技术产品贸易尤为重要。但是随着全球化和区域经济一体化,社会文化联系对香港参与国际贸易的重要性有下降趋势。

CULTURAL TIES AND HONG KONG'S FOREIGN TRADE

The paper evaluates the importance of cultural ties in Hong Kong's foreign trade using time series data from 1992 to 2005.Based on the gravity model analysis,we find that Hong Kong's ties with Chinese ethnics and Common Wealth of Nations play a significant role in facilitating Hong Kong's trade with other regions.Cultural ties are more important to Hong Kong's export and import than re-export and re-import.Chinese ethnic networks play a more important role in Hong Kong's exports while the ties with the Common Wealth of Nations influence more in Hong Kong's imports.However,the importance of cultural ties in foreign trade depends on the technological levels of traded commodities and has also gradually decreased as globalization and regionalization proceeds.