Characteristics of Trade Networks in Countries Along the Belt and Road and Their Impact on Innovation Capacity

IF 0.9 4区 经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS
Ding Xiong, Xin Zhong, Yunying Yu, Renjie Guo, Zili Wang
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Abstract

The construction of a closely connected trade network of countries along the Belt and Road (BR) is a key part of deepening regional economic cooperation. Based on the trade data of goods and services of the countries along the Belt and Road from 2007 to 2021, the research applies social network analysis to construct the goods and services network and analyze its evolution, characteristics, and impact on innovation activities. The study finds that: (1) The average trade distance in the trade network is gradually decreasing; the trade network is characterized by a clear “grouping” of countries, with the group of Southeast Asian countries being the most closely linked and the European countries being more efficient in terms of the effective scale and efficiency of their trade. (2) The centrality and effective scale of the trade network significantly promote innovation activities. The moderating effect suggests that the trade network more strongly promotes developing countries with lower levels of national institutional environment and informatization, while the level of corporate disclosure and technological spillovers play a positive moderating role. Heterogeneity analysis shows that countries in Asia and those with high levels of sentiment toward China are more likely to benefit from the innovation promotion effect, while countries with high levels of intellectual property protection may inhibit the development of innovation capacity. The findings of this research provide useful policy insights for exploring new paths to promote innovation activities in countries along the Belt and Road from the perspective of trade networks.

“一带一路”沿线国家贸易网络特征及其对创新能力的影响
建设紧密相连的“一带一路”沿线国家贸易网络,是深化区域经济合作的重要组成部分。本研究以2007 - 2021年“一带一路”沿线国家货物与服务贸易数据为基础,运用社会网络分析法构建货物与服务网络,并分析其演化、特征及其对创新活动的影响。研究发现:(1)贸易网络中的平均贸易距离逐渐减小;贸易网络的特点是明显的国家“集团”,其中东南亚国家集团联系最密切,欧洲国家在贸易的有效规模和效率方面效率更高。(2)贸易网络的中心性和有效规模显著促进创新活动。调节效应表明,贸易网络对国家制度环境和信息化水平较低的发展中国家的促进作用更强,而企业信息披露水平和技术溢出水平对发展中国家的促进作用正向调节。异质性分析表明,亚洲国家和对中国情绪较高的国家更有可能从创新促进效应中获益,而知识产权保护水平较高的国家可能会抑制创新能力的发展。研究结果为从贸易网络角度探索促进“一带一路”沿线国家创新活动的新路径提供了有益的政策见解。
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1.90
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期刊介绍: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology (AJES) was founded in 1941, with support from the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, to encourage the development of transdisciplinary solutions to social problems. In the introduction to the first issue, John Dewey observed that “the hostile state of the world and the intellectual division that has been built up in so-called ‘social science,’ are … reflections and expressions of the same fundamental causes.” Dewey commended this journal for its intention to promote “synthesis in the social field.” Dewey wrote those words almost six decades after the social science associations split off from the American Historical Association in pursuit of value-free knowledge derived from specialized disciplines. Since he wrote them, academic or disciplinary specialization has become even more pronounced. Multi-disciplinary work is superficially extolled in major universities, but practices and incentives still favor highly specialized work. The result is that academia has become a bastion of analytic excellence, breaking phenomena into components for intensive investigation, but it contributes little synthetic or holistic understanding that can aid society in finding solutions to contemporary problems. Analytic work remains important, but in response to the current lop-sided emphasis on specialization, the board of AJES has decided to return to its roots by emphasizing a more integrated and practical approach to knowledge.
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