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亚太区域贸易协定的经济增长效应*——基于RTAs数量与质量的对比研究

孙瑾1,施戍杰2,封于瑶1   

  1. 1    中央财经大学国际经济与贸易学院;      2    国务院发展研究中心发展战略和区域经济研究部。
  • 出版日期:2018-12-16 发布日期:2018-12-19
  • 基金资助:
    本文得到国家社会科学基金青年项目(14CGJ020)的资助。

ASIAPACIFIC RTAS ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFECT——Based on Comparative Research of RTAs Quantity and Quality

SUN Jin1,SHI Shujie2,FENG Yuyao1#br#   

  1. 1.School of International Economy and Trade, Central University of Finance and Economics of China;
    2.Development Strategy and Reginal Economic Research Department of Development Research Center, State Council
  • Online:2018-12-16 Published:2018-12-19

摘要:

21世纪以来,亚太地区区域贸易协定(RTA)签署的数量激增,学术界理论与现实出现悖论,引发学者思考各国热衷于建立RTAs背后的原因并探索新的研究方法。本文首次从RTAs数量和质量的影响效应哪个更为重要的视角,将发达国家和发展中国家进行对比分析,深入探究发达国家在新时期推进新一代贸易协定规则的原因。通过比对RTA协议的每一条条款,测算出涉及传统WTO+和新一代WTO-X领域的条款覆盖率和法定承诺率指标来衡量RTA的质量,实证分析得出,签署高质量的区域贸易协定能更有效地推动亚太地区的经济增长和人民福利水平的提高,该影响效应在发达国家中更为明显,而发展中国家受限于执行能力在新一代规则下签订RTA对经济增长的作用不显著。

关键词: 区域贸易协定 , 质量 , 经济增长 , 亚太地区

Abstract:

In 21th century, AsiaPacific RTAs have been increased dramatically, which is a paradox between the theory and the reality. This inspires researchers to search for the reasons behind it and new method to study it. For the first time, this paper examines which effect is more important, RTA quantity or RTA quality. Through comparative analysis of developed and developing countries, we find why developed countries improve trade agreement rules in the new era. Comparing each clause in RTA, we measure RTAs quality by the coverage and statutory commitment rates in the WT+/WTOX areas. The empirical test shows that signing high quality RTA has significant positive effect on the AsiaPacific countries economic growth and welfare. The effect is more significant among developed countries. However, the effect for developing countries is not obvious because of their limited executive ability.

Key words: reginal trade agreement , quality , economic growth , AsiaPacific area