Does the Belt and Road Initiative affect the business environment of participating countries?

IF 1.4 4区经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy Pub Date : 2022-06-23 DOI:10.1080/13547860.2022.2082748

Yahui Chen, C. Marrewijk, Changsheng Xu, Congmin Zuo

引用次数: 3

Abstract

Abstract This article analyzes the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the economic and business environment of its participants using the Global Doing Business Report from the World Bank. We use a difference-in-difference approach to identify the impact by considering BRI as an exogenous policy shock. We find that BRI positively impacts the business environment of the participating countries; in particular, there is a great improvement in the scores of business starting and contract enforcing. The positive effect is larger in low-income countries and the countries with a growing investment from China.

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“一带一路”倡议倡议是否影响参与国的营商环境？

摘要本文利用世界银行的《全球营商环境报告》分析了“一带一路”倡议倡议对参与者经济和商业环境的影响。我们使用差异中的差异方法，通过将“一带一路”倡议视为外生政策冲击来确定其影响。我们发现，“一带一路”倡议对参与国的营商环境产生了积极影响；尤其是在创业和合同执行方面的得分有了很大的提高。低收入国家和中国投资不断增长的国家的积极影响更大。

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Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy ECONOMICS-

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3.70

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7.10%

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