讲座题目：Does overseas contact bring comparative advantages to local enterprises? Evidence from Wenzhounese emigration

　　主讲人：林建浩

　　讲座时间：12月7日(周五)下午15:00-17:30讲座

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　　讲座摘要：The link between international migration and trade has long been an issue of concern. This paper studies the effects of emigration on exporting in Wenzhou, one major origin of Chinese migration to Europe. China has a unique system of non-governmental organizations called Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (henceforth FROC). We use village-level FROC data to measure the overseas relations. It is found that firms in regions with larger emigration export less. We hypothesize that emigration changes the comparative advantages of these firms. Compared with other domestic firms, Wenzhou enterprises have comparative advantages in high-quality branded products, but they are not superior to European competitors, which forces them to lower their export intensity. Our hypothesis is supported by empirical evidence that these firms have more capital input and spend more on advertising, which may be regarded as a strategy of high quality and branding.

　　主讲人简介：林建浩，经济学博士，中山大学岭南学院副教授。目前研究方向主要是央行货币政策沟通的测度与扩散机制;方言、宗族、宗教、观念等文化因素与个人、家庭企业等经济决策的关系;商务大数据分析。