Semiconductor Export Controls and Innovation in the U.S.-China Technology War
主讲人 Haishi Li 简介 <p>We document new empirical facts on how semiconductor innovation affects downstream innovation in the United States and China. Motivated by these facts, we develop and estimate a two-country endogenous growth model in which semiconductor firms innovate strategically and downstream firms use semiconductors as essential inputs into innovation. We use the model to quantify the effects of U.S. semiconductor export controls. Export controls raise innovation in U.S. semiconductor and downstream sectors in the short run, but reduce innovation in both sectors in the long run, regardless of whether the United States widens its technological lead over China. The short-run gains reflect greater domestic semiconductor supply and stronger escape-competition incentives, while the long-run losses arise from reduced access to the Chinese market. Export controls also narrow the U.S. downstream trade deficit, and AI-driven downstream productivity growth amplifies short-run gains while mitigating long-run losses.</p>
时间 2026-05-13 (Wednesday) 16:40-18:00 地点 Room D136, Economics Building
讲座语言 English 主办单位 厦门大学经济学院、王亚南经济研究院、邹至庄经济研究院
承办单位 厦门大学经济学院国际经济与贸易系 类型 系列讲座
联系人信息 陈老师2185109,xiaohongchen@xmu.edu.cn 主持人 Chengyuan He
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主讲人简介 <p>Haishi Li is an assistant professor in economics at the HKU Business School of the University of Hong Kong. He is also a research affiliate at CESifo. He works on international trade and international macroeconomics, with research interests spanning multinational production, trade policy, emerging technology, and climate change. He has published in leading academic journals including <em>Economic Journal, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of International Economics, </em>and <em>Review of Economics and Statistics</em>. He received a PhD in economics from University of Chicago and was a postdoctoral fellow at School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego.</p> 期数 国际经贸青年学者论坛第92讲
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