Quid Pro Quo, Knowledge Spillovers, and Industrial Quality Upgrading: Evidence from the Chinese Auto IndustryIndian Rupee

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bai, Jie; Barwick, Panle Jia; Cao, Shengmao; Li, Shanjun
• 署名单位: Harvard University; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; Northwestern University; Stanford University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0002-8282; 1944-7981
• DOI: 10.1257/aer.20221501
• 发表日期: 2025-11
• 页码: 3825-3852
• 关键词: FOREIGN DIRECT-INVESTMENT; DOMESTIC FIRMS EVIDENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; TRADE; enterprises; IMPACT; POLICY; long

摘要

This paper studies the impact of quid pro quo (technology for market access) in facilitating knowledge spillovers and quality upgrading in the Chinese automobile industry. The identification strategy exploits within-product quality variation across a rich set of quality dimensions. We find affiliated domestic automakers adopt more similar quality strengths of their joint venture partners, consistent with knowledge spillovers. Additional analysis suggests worker flows and supplier networks mediate knowledge spillovers. Knowledge spillovers due to ownership affiliation under quid pro quo contributed 8.3 percent of the quality improvement experienced by affiliated domestic models from 2001 to 2014, relative to nonaffiliated domestic models. (JEL F23, L15, L24, L62, O14, O33, P23)