Does Digital Transformation Promote the Transformation of Export Product Structure of the Enterprises
Based on the matching data of China Customs Import and Export Statistics Database and the annual report text database of listed companies from 2000 to 2016,combined with the data of Guotai An and the data of China City Statistical Yearbook,this paper discusses the impact of digital transformation on the transformation of export product structure of the enterprises at the dimension of core products.The results show that digital transformation promotes the transformation of export product structure of the enterprises and significantly increases the export share of core products.Mechanism analysis reveals that digital transformation can give impetus to the transformation of export product structure of the enterprises through two main channels:the improvement of production efficiency and the reduction in supply chain concentration.In the heterogeneity analysis,large enterprises,labor-intensive and technology-intensive enterprises as well as the enterprises located in the eastern region significantly benefit from digital transformation.Further analysis indicates that digital transformation drives the enterprises to export core products with high technologi-cal complexity.This study provides reference for digital transformation of China's enterprises and the optimization of export product structure under the"dual circulation"development pattern.
digital transformationthe transformation of export product structurecore productsproduct technological complexity
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