Quality of Imported Intermediates, Learning Ability and Technological Innovation -- An Empirical Study Based on Chinese Industrial Enterprises Data

Dexue Liu ； Hui Yu

《World Scientific Research Journal》 6卷2期 (2020/02) Pp. 10-19

https://doi.org/10.6911/WSRJ.202002_6(2).0002

摘要

This paper mainly studies whether the import of intermediate products of different quality will promote the innovation of Chinese enterprises through learning. Empirical research shows that the enterprises innovation is influenced by both imported intermediate goods and learning ability: importing high-quality intermediates will promote enterprises innovation when the learning ability exceeds a certain threshold. What's more, they will mutually promote enterprise innovation; If the learning ability of enterprises is lower than a certain level, importing high-quality products will ultimately inhibit enterprises innovation due to imported-dependence. The robustness test further confirms this result. This provides a factual basis for our country to continue to deepen the import of high-quality intermediate goods and take measures to encourage enterprises to actively strength learning abilities.

關鍵字

Imported Intermediates ； Quality ； TFP ； Innovation

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