The Impact Of Infrastructure Construction On Export Behaviour In Zhejiang Province

This paper has discussed the influence of different types of infrastructure on the enterprises’export behavior from the perspective of the dual margins of export, and has distinguished the effectof such two margins according to the standardized coefficient and significance level, which led upto a more accurate evaluation of influence of infrastructure construction on the growth model ofexport trade in Zhejiang Province. Firstly, this paper has defined the relevant core concepts andclarified the mechanism of infrastructure on the dual margins. Secondly, this paper haspreliminarily analyzed the changes of five types of infrastructure in Zhejiang Province and thechange of dual margins as well. Thirdly, based on the Heckman two-stage model, this paper hasempirically tested the impact of different infrastructure on full sample and on two sub-sampleswhich divided by the ownership and industry. The results show that:(1) The infrastructure has apositive influence on the export behavior of enterprises, it improves both the export orientation andthe export scale in terms of the overall enterprises in Zhejiang Province, and compared to theeconomic infrastructure, the effect of social one is more remarkable;(2) The influence ofinfrastructure on enterprises’ export behavior with different ownership or industry issignificantly different;(3) The infrastructure mainly effect on the extensive margin, that is, itexpands the export trade of Zhejiang Province by increasing the number of export enterpriseschiefly, and the result may be diverse considering ownership or industry. Finally, according to thetheoretical and empirical findings, the author thinks that, to ensure the steady growth of export andthe healthy development of economy of Zhejiang Province under the trend of transformation and upgrading, the government should control the development speed of transport infrastructure, avoidexcessive investment; they should also moderately accelerate the pace of communicationinfrastructure construction, improve the level of competition in communication industry; and theyshould vigorously promote the process of energy infrastructure construction, improve the energyefficiency as well; Furthermore, the government should focus on optimizing educationinfrastructure, promote the modernization of education with quality education; and they shouldeffectively intensify the construction of science and research infrastructure, improve the ability ofindependent innovation.