Regional inequality, industry agglomeration and foreign trade: The case of China

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How do foreign trade and foreign direct investment affect regional inequality? Foreign trade and investment may affect internal economic geography, and the resulting industry agglomeration may contribute to regional inequality. This paper provides empirical evidence supporting this linkage. The results indicate that the increasing regional inequality in China has been accompanied by an increase in the degree of regional specialization and industry agglomeration. Foreign trade and foreign investment are closely related to industry agglomeration in China. Industries dependent on foreign trade and FDI are more likely to locate in regions with easy access to foreign markets, and exporting industries have a higher degree of agglomeration. – trade ; production ; industry ; inequality ; regions ; China

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• ISBN: 9291908894
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WIDER Research Paper ; No. 2006/105

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity ; Economic Integration
• Thema: Regionale Disparität ; Außenwirtschaft ; Direktinvestition ; China

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Ge, Ying
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (wo): Helsinki
• (wann): 2006

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/63452