Konferenzbeitrag

The Dynamics of Economic Policy and Regional Specialization: Evidence from China's High-tech Industry

This paper investigates the effects of economic policy on regional specialization of China¡¯s high-tech industries for the period 1996 to 2005. Results indicate that the average level of regional specialization increases over years. Moreover, high-tech industry sector is highly localized in coastal regions. Using a dynamic panel data approach, we find that the implementation of high technology oriented export policy and subsidies for science and high technology activities encourage regional specialization, whereas local government¡¯s protections for local high-tech enterprises impede it. The empirical study also confirms the important role of high-skilled labor in determining regional specialization.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: 51st Congress of the European Regional Science Association: "New Challenges for European Regions and Urban Areas in a Globalised World", 30 August - 3 September 2011, Barcelona, Spain

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
economic policy
specialization
high-tech industry
dynamics

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Zheng, Dan
Kuroda, Tatsuaki
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
European Regional Science Association (ERSA)
(where)
Louvain-la-Neuve
(when)
2011

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  • Konferenzbeitrag

Associated

  • Zheng, Dan
  • Kuroda, Tatsuaki
  • European Regional Science Association (ERSA)

Time of origin

  • 2011

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