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本科毕业论文外文翻译欧盟扩展后的产业结构和产业定位论文文献翻译中英文论文对照翻译
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本科毕业论文外文翻译-欧盟扩展后的产业结构和产业定位
作者:
KarolinaEkholm
原文:
IndustrialStructureandIndustryLocationinanEnlargedEurope
EffectsonindustrialstructureIncreasedtradegeneratesscopeforincreasedspecializationbothbetweenandwithinindustries.ThetendencyfortheaccessioncountriesinCEEtobespecializedinindustriessuchastextilesandapparelcanbeseenasreflectingcomparativeadvantagesinlabourintensiveindustries.Withincreasedtrade,suchinter-industry
specializationpatternsarelikelytobereinforced.Atthesametime,wewouldexpectincreasedtradetoalsoleadtoincreasedspecializationinactivitieswithinindustriesthatreflectthecountries’comparativeadvantages.
Whentheentireprocessofproducingafinalgoodinvolvesseveraldifferentactivities,suchasconductingresearchanddevelopment,producingintermediateinputs,andassembleinputsintofinalproducts,theremaybebenefitsfromlocatingthesedifferentactivitiesindifferentcountries.Assemblyactivitiesaretypicallyrelativelylabourintensive,anditmaythereforebeadvantageousforafir-mtocarryoutsuchactivitiesincountriesinwhichlabourischeap.Similarly,theproductionoflabourintensiveintermediateinputswillbeproducedmorecheaplyinlow-wagecountries,andthereforeitmaybeadvantageousforafirmtooutsourcethisactivitytoaforeignfirmor,possibly,tocarryouttheactivityinaforeignsubsidiary.IthasbeenestimatedthatabouthalfoftheincreaseintradebetweentheOECDcountriesthelastcoupleofdecadesisrelatedtothistypeoffragmentationofproduction.
TheevidenceonthebilateralpatternoftradeandFDIsuggeststhatproductionnetworksofthiskindtypicallyinvolvecountrieslocatedingeographicalproximitytooneanother.So-calledgravityanalysesoftradeshowthat,allelsebeingequal,countriestrademorewithcountrieslocatedclosebythanwithcountrieslocatedfaraway.SimilartypeofanalysescarriedoutforFDIrevealthesametypeofpattern:
allelsebeingequal,countriesinvestmoreincountrieslocatedclosebythanincountieslocatedfaraway(e.g.Ekholm,1998,ShatzandVenables,2000).ThismeansthatitseemslikelythattheBalticStatesandPolandcouldbeprimetargetsforfirmsbasedinSwedenandFinlandlookingforlow-wagesitesforpartoftheirproductionprocesses.CountriessuchasGermanyandAustriamaybemorepronetoinvestincountriessuchastheCzechRepublicandHungary.KaminskiandSmarzynska(2001)provideevidencethatFDIinflowsinPolandhavecontributedtoanincreasedparticipationinthesetypesofglobalproductionanddistributionnetworks.
ItseemsreasonabletoexpectthatincreasedtradebetweenSwedenandtheaccessioncountriesisgoingtocontributetoafurtherspecializationinskillandknowledgeintensiveindustriesandsegmentsofindustriesandafurthermovementawayfromproductioninlabourintensiveindustriesandsegmentsofindustries.WhichregionsinSwedenarelikelytobethemostaffectedbythis?
ThepreviouslymentionedreportontheeffectofEasternenlargementontheSwedisheconomyfromaregionalperspective(Eliassonetal.,1998)showsthatSouthernandCentralSwedenhadlargeemploymentsharesinlabourintensiveindustryin1995.Inparticular,thiswastrueforregionslocatedinSmalandandBergslagen.Thereportalsoarguedthatsmallregionstendtobemorespecializedinlabourintensiveindustriesthanlargeregions,resultinginapatternwheresomesmallregionsareverydependentonlabourintensiveindustriesforlocalemployment.Theoppositepatternisfoundforknowledgeandresearchintensiveindustries.Theseindustriesaretypicallyfoundinrelativelylargeregions,suchasregionsclosetothemajorcitiesStockholmandGothenburgandtotheuniversitytownsUppsala,Lund,andLinkoping.
Anotherrelevantquestioniswhetheraccessionisgoingtoaffectfirmsdifferentlydependingontheirsize.Itmaybeeasierforlargefirmstoexploittheopportunitiesofimprovedaccesstotheaccessioncountries’marketsandofoutsourcinglabourintensivestagesofproduction.Smallandmedium-sizedenterprises(SMES)mayfinditmoredifficulttoreapthebenefitsofaccession,beingaffectedmainlythroughincreasedcompetitionfromproducersinCEE.AstudybytheRheinisch-WestfalischesInstitutefurWirtschaftsforschung(RWI,2000)concludedthatSMESintheEUwouldnotbeaffectedstronglybyenlargement,exceptpossiblymedium-sizedfirmslocatedinregionsborderingtheaccessioncountries.
Itisapparentthatcomparedtomanyothercountries,arelativelylargeshareofthepopulationinmanyofthecountriesinCEEhavelongformaleducations.Inthisrespect,thesecountrieshavepotentiallycomparativeadvantagesinskill-intensiveproduction.However,astheprevioussectionhasshown,atpresenttheCEEcountriesappeartobenomoreskillabundantthantheSouthernEuropeancountries.Moreover,thetransitionprocessledinitiallytoadramaticfallinemploymentinseveraloftheaccessioncountries(seeCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities,2003).Evenifemploymentlevelshaverecoveredsomewhat,unemploymentisstillrelativelyhigh.Highlevelsofunemploymentshouldputacaponwageincreases,keepinglabourcostsrelativelylow.Thus,intheforeseeablefuture,itseemsunlikelythatincreasedtradewoulddrivespecializationawayfromindustriesandsegmentsofindustriesthatareintensiveinlow-skilledlabourintheCEEcountries.
Anissuerelatedtotheeffectsoftradeintegrationonpatternsofspecializationistheeffectoftradeintegrationonfirmandindustrylocation.Inindustriescharacterizedbyincreasingreturnstoscaleitmaybeadvantageousforfirmstolocateinregionswithgoodmarketaccess.Thereasonforthisisthatiftradeiscostlyandthefirmwantstoderiveeconomiesofscalebyconcentratingproductioninasingleproductionunit,totaltradecostswillbeminimizedifthefirmlocatesitssingleplantinthemarketwithbestaccesstoconsumers.Regionswithgoodmarketaccesstendtoberegionswithlargedomesticmarketsand/oracentrallocationvis-à-visotherregionswithlargedomesticmarkets.Thus,inindustrieswithincreasingreturnstoscalewewouldexpectatendencyforfirmstoclusterincoreregionsandatendencyforperipheralregionstobeatadisadvantageinproducingsuchgoods.
Itisnotcompletelyclearhowtradeintegrationintheformofaloweringoftradecostsislikelytoaffectindustriallocation.Inorderforthefirmtogainfromlocatingwheremarketaccessisgood,tradehastobecostly.Ontheotherhand,iftradecostsareveryhigh,firmswillonlyselltodomesticconsumersandthenahighdegreeoflocalcompetitionwillbeafactorthatmightleadfirmstostayawayfromcoreregions,sincetheseregionshavenotonlyalargenumberofconsumersbutalsoalargenumberofproducers.Thetheoreticalliteratureontradeintegrationandindustriallocationsuggeststhatitisprimarilyatintermediatelevelsoftradecoststhattheattractionofcoreregionsisstrong(seee.g.Fujita,Krugman,andVenables,1999).Aconsequenceofthisattractionisatendencyforrealwagestobehigherinthecorethanintheperiphery.LowerrealwagesintheaccessioncountriesaswellasinacountrysuchasSwedencomparedtotheEuropeancoremightthussimplyreflectalessadvantageousgeographicallocation,andmightbeneededinordertoinducefirmstoremainintheregion.
Noteveryindustryislikelytobestronglyaffectedbythebenefitsofhavinggoodmarketaccess.Itiscrucialthattheeconomiesofscalearesuchthatthefirmchoosestocarryoutitsoperationsinoneorafewplants.Insomeindustries,economiesofscaleatplantlevelarerelativelyweakandfirmstypicallyoperatemanyplantsindifferentlocations.Moreover,marketaccessisonlyimportantifyouareproducingfinalgoodsorinputspotentiallyboughtbymanydifferentcustomers.Iftheindustryisfragmentedsothatinputsofaspecificfirmmaybeproducedinoneplace,whereastheproductionofthefinalproducttakesplaceinanother,theproductionoffinalproductsmayverywellbeattractedtothecore,whileintermediateinputsproductiontakesplaceintheperiphery.
Whereasthereisaconsiderableliteratureanalyzingthetheoreticalimplicationsoftradeintegrationonindustriallocation,thereisverylittleempiricalevidencetodrawon.OnestudyanalyzinghowthelocationofEuropeanindustrieshasevolvedinthefaceofEuropeanintegrationfindsverymixedevidencefordifferentindustries(Midelfart-Knarvik,Overman,Redding,andVenables,2002).Someindustriesseemtohavebecomemoreconcentrated,somemoredispersed,whileyetsomeothersdonotseemtohavechangedatall.Althoughcountriesandregionshavebe-comemorespecializedwithintheEU,thisprocesshasbeenveryslow.Thereisnoevidenceofpolarizationoccurringatthenationallevel,meaningincreasingdifferencesintheextentofeconomicactivities,butthereissomeevidenceattheregionallevel,implyingthatsomeregionsareinfactlosingout(seealsoMidelfart-KnarvikandOverman,2002).
Howeverthechanges,inthosecaseswheretherearechanges,seemtobeveryslow.Thus,thefearthatincreasedtradeintegrationwithlow-wagecountriesinCEEwillproducedrasticchangesinthelocationofindustriesmightnotbejustified.Ontheotherhand,Europeanintegrationhasnotinvolvedcountrieswithsuchlowwagesbefore,soitmayverywellbethecasethatthereismuchgreaterscopeforarelocationoflabourintensiveindustriesandsegmentsofindustriestothenewmembercountries.Withinthegroupofnewmember
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