Set the pilot policy of free trade zones as a quasi natural experiment,and use dou-ble difference model to empirically test the impact and mechanism of the pilot policy of free trade zones on the technological complexity of digital service exports.The results indicate that the pilot free trade zone can positively promote the technological complexity of digital service exports.The mechanism test found that digital service trade barriers and new foreign trade infrastructure play a mediating role in the impact of pilot policies in free trade zones on the technological complexity of digital service exports.The heterogeneity test results confirm that the impact of pilot policies in the pilot free trade zone on the technical complexity of digital services export shows the regional differ-ence of"East>Central>Northeast>West"and the export target market difference of"countries along the the Belt and Road>countries not along the the Belt and Road".The spatial spillover effect test found that the pilot policies of free trade zones have a positive spatial spillover effect on the techno-logical complexity of digital service exports.
关键词
自贸试验区/数字服务出口技术复杂度/数字服务贸易壁垒/新型外贸基础设施
Key words
Pilot free trade zone/The complexity of digital service export technology/Trade barriers to digital services/New foreign trade infrastructure