講座題目：Welcoming Foreigners to Knock on the Door: Estimating the Effects of Travelling Restriction on Economic Development

主講人：劉暢

講座地點：學院南路校區主教702會議室

講座時間：2017年6月21日（星期三）下午15:00-16:30。

主講人簡介：劉暢，北京大學光華管理學院應用經濟系博士研究生。主要研究領域：政治經濟學、發展經濟學、經濟史和公共經濟學。在Journal of Comparative Economics、International Tax and Public Finance、《中國社會科學》等中英文學術期刊上發表論文多篇。

Abstract：This paper studies the economic consequences of China’s Opening to Foreigners’ Counties (OFC) policy in 1985-91, which eased foreigners’ travelling restrictions in several counties. Our difference-in-difference strategy exploits the stepwise enforcement of the reform to achieve identification. We find sizable positive effects of the reform on economic development. Further investigation attributes international knowledge diffusion as a candidate mechanism. We also find that FDI firm entrants mediate the international knowledge diffusion process.