辽宁大学经济学前沿高端讲座第一百零一讲

Estimating Export-productivity Cutoff Contours with Profit Data: A Novel Threshold Estimation Approach 

主讲人：王宇龙  副教授（美国雪城大学）

主持人：谢聪 助理教授（辽宁大学中国经济研究院）

嘉宾介绍：谢聪 助理教授（辽宁大学中国经济研究院）

时间：2025年11月10日（周一）  10：00-11：30（北京时间）

地点：辽宁大学崇山校区五洲园一楼会议室

线上地址：腾讯会议687-321-524

语言：中文/英文

摘要：This paper develops a novel method to estimate firm-specific market-entry thresholds in international economics, allowing fixed costs to vary across firms alongside productivity. Our framework models market entry as an interaction between productivity and observable fixed-cost measures, extending traditional single-threshold models to ones with set-valued thresholds. Applying this approach to Chinese firm data, we estimate export-market entry thresholds as functions of domestic sales and surrogate variables for fixed costs. The results reveal substantial heterogeneity and threshold contours, challenging conventional single-threshold-point assumptions. These findings offer new insights into firm behavior and provide a foundation for further theoretical and empirical advancements in trade research.

主讲人简介：

王宇龙，美国雪城大学麦克斯韦公共政策学院副教授，美国普林斯顿大学经济学博士。现任美国雪城大学政策研究中心高级研究员、英文期刊Econometric Reviews副主编。主要研究兴趣包括理论与应用计量经济学，统计学，国际贸易，健康经济学。研究成果曾发表在Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Econometric Theory, Journal of Applied Econometrics和Journal of Health Economics等国外顶级学术刊物上。