Judicial improvement, market integration, and export technical complexity-a quasi-natural experiments based on the creation of circuit courts

被引:2
作者
Gao, Xin [1 ]
Kong, Shuo [1 ]
机构
[1] Anhui Univ Finance & Econ, Bengbu, Anhui, Peoples R China
来源
PLOS ONE | 2024年 / 19卷 / 03期
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
LOCAL PROTECTIONISM; TRADE; QUALITY; CHINA; LAW;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pone.0296442
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Judicial improvement and trade structure optimization are important elements in achieving a high level of openness. This paper develops a theoretical framework on the impact of local protectionism on market integration and export technical complexity, and then empirically analyses the effect of judicial improvement on the technical complexity of urban product exports and its mechanism of action based on a quasi-natural experiment with the establishment of circuit courts. The study finds that the establishment of circuit courts significantly increases the technical complexity of product exports, and the findings remain valid after a series of robustness tests. Further analysis shows that the technology enhancement effect of the establishment of circuit courts is more pronounced in the group of cities with higher administrative levels, better location advantages, and less advanced rule of law. Mechanism Analysis shows that a superior institutional environment can have a two-sided effect on different types of firms. Overall, however, the productivity-enhancing effect of low-productivity firms exiting the market is lower than the productivity-reducing effect of higher-productivity firms' increased compliance costs, which in turn weakens the positive promotional effect of circuit courts. The above theoretical and empirical findings provide policy implications for maximizing the technology enhancement effect of the establishment of circuit courts on product exports, thereby promoting a high level of openness in China.
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