自然资源、人力资本与中国区域经济增长

本文将自然资源纳入内生经济增长模型,探讨了自然资源、人力资本对经济增长的影响效应。在此基础上利用我国2000—2009年30个省(除西藏)的地区面板数据进行实证检验。研究发现:自然资源、人力资本对经济增长在我国各地域之间存在差异性影响。对于东部省份而言,存在"资源之咒"现象,且人力资本对经济增长的影响不显著;对中、西部而言,并不存在"资源之咒",人力资本对中部经济增长促进作用显著,而对西部经济增长具有抑制作用。     

自然资源禀赋与区域经济增长关系实证研究

"资源诅咒"假说是发展经济学领域最近十几年兴起的一个备受争议的理论:丰裕的自然资源会阻碍经济的增长。文章利用1990年～2007年间的省际面板数据对资源诅咒现象是否在我国地区存在,按照长期和短期进行了检验,实证结果表明,长期来看我国省际存在着"资源诅咒"现象,而短期效果则不明显。     

自然资源与经济增长的关系:一个倒U曲线假说

本文将自然资源与经济增长的关系划分为三个阶段,探讨不同阶段自然资源在经济增长中的作用,并在此基础上提出反映二者关系的倒U曲线假说,即随着自然资源开发规模的扩大,经济增长速度总体上呈现先快速上升后逐步下降的过程.以1998-2011年中国省际面板数据为样本对理论假说进行实证检验发现,在控制了制度质量并有效克服内生性问题后,自然资源开发规模与经济增长速度之间确实表现出了显著的倒U型关系.     

中国自然资源富集区域经济增长的研究进展与取向——基于“资源诅咒”视角的述评

作者分别从资源诅咒的存在性、传导机制以及破解对策三个方面,系统梳理了有关中国资源富集区域经济增长的研究文献。相关研究已经取得了一定的研究成果,但由于理论分析的欠缺以及实证研究模型设定误差与数据样本来源的单一化,不能较好的认识并解决对国内资源富集区域的经济增长问题。需要进一步加强相关的案例与理论分析,促进国外研究成果的中国化。     

交通基础设施与经济增长：一个文献综述

在西方主流经济学的经济增长分析框架中,交通基础设施是个助推性因素。本文试图从理论溯源中寻找交通基础设施研究的经济学基础,从现代文献的进一步拓展中梳理交通基础设施对于经济发展的作用。交通基础设施对经济发展的功能作用主要体现在外部溢出效应、效率改进效应、产业集聚效应、区域发展效应和现代化效应等5个方面。最后,本文认为,现代化交通体系对区域协调发展的效率量化等方面的影响是值得重视和深入研究的领域。     

自然资源对经济增长的影响——诅咒还是福音:一个研究综述

20世纪80年代末以前主流观点认为自然资源对经济增长有积极的促进作用,但20世纪80年代末以后这种观点逐渐被取代为:一国的自然资源丰裕反而会使该国的经济陷入负增长,这一现象被称为资源诅咒.随后很多学者对这一命题进行实证检验并探寻其传导机制,但是自然资源诅咒并非规律性命题.因为确实存在一些资源富裕的国家,如加拿大、溴大利亚、挪威、博茨瓦纳、印度尼西亚、马来西亚等的经济却在保持高增长.目前人们正在达成一种新的共识:制度因素和政策措施在自然资源丰裕对经济增长的作用中起着重要作用,良好的制度质量和合理的政策措施是克服资源诅咒的关键因素.当一国制度质量是好的,那么自然资源是福音,会促进经济增长;当一国制度质量是差的,那么自然资源是诅咒,会降低经济增长.     

自然资源与经济增长关系的理论演进

在古典经济学的增长理论中,自然资源被赋予了决定经济增长的重要因素。然而,自新古典经济学的资本决定论以及新增长理论的技术决定论以来,自然资源却被认为不再是经济增长的主要影响因素。不过,此阶段的相关理论仍然认为资源并非经济增长的阻碍力量。但是近些年来,发展经济学的"资源诅咒"假说却认为,丰富的自然资源反而会对经济增长产生极强的抑制作用,由此使得资源丰裕地区的增长速度慢于资源贫乏的地区。完善的制度和有效的制度变迁、合理利用资源租、充分发挥外国直接投资的正面促进作用或许是摆脱资源诅咒的有效途径。     

自然资源与经济增长的关系研究

传统的经济增长理论当中就自然资源与经济增长的关系并没有进行较为深入的探究，这导致在分析经济增长时对自然资源与经济增长的关系缺乏系统的认识。本文从自然资源相关概念和传统经济增长理论出发，以中国为例并结合“自然资源诅咒”现象来从正反两面说明自然资源与经济增长之间的关系。     

内生经济增长理论:一个文献综述

本文旨在通过评述30年代至今的各种经济增长理论,进一步梳理经济增长理论的发展脉络,尤其是内生经济增长理论的内在演化逻辑,并在此基础上指出经济增长理论可能的发展趋势。     

国内外自然资源与经济增长研究述评

自然资源是经济增长过程中的一个要素,理论上这个要素能够扩大生产可能性边界,但现实生活中自然资源常常阻碍了经济增长。文章通过查阅中外相关资料,就自然资源与经济增长关系的研究进展及理论成果做一个梳理和总结。     

Natural resource dependence, non-tradables, and economic growth

I argue that the commonly used nominal measure of natural resource dependence – the share of exports of primary products in GNP – understates in growth regressions the negative link between natural resource dependence and per capita GDP growth. I show that using a purchasing power parity adjusted measure yields an economically much larger negative relationship between per capita GDP growth and natural resource dependence than what has been suggested by the nominal measure. Consistent with the rent-seeking literature, I show that the resource curse is a symptom of societies characterized by high levels of corruption and sluggish checks and balances on political decision-making.     

中国西部地区的能源开发与经济增长——基于"资源诅咒"假说的实证分析

Based on resource curse hypothesis, this paper carries out an econometric analysis on the relationship and its transmission mechanism between energy exploitation and economic growth with cross-province panel data over 1991–2006. Results reveal that there is the significantly negative correlation between energy exploitation and economic growth, which indicates since the 1990s, the resource curse effect from energy exploitation has appeared evidently; though, before the implementation of the Western development strategy, energy exploitation acted negatively on opening degree, S&T innovation and human capital input, the effect was yet uncreated. However, after the implementation of the strategy, the effect emerged evidently as a result of the enhanced negative effect of energy exploitation on S&T innovation and human capital input. Moreover, further tests indicate that energy exploitation impeded economic growth mainly through three indirect transmission channels: The crowding-out effect towards human capital input and S&T innovation, and the weakening of institution aroused by rent-seeking and corruption. And among them, human capital input is the strongest transmission factor. __________ Translated from Jingji yanjiu 经济研究 (Economic Research Journal), 2008, (4): 147–160     

Holidays and economic growth: Evidence from a panel of Indian states

The number of holidays differs significantly across Indian states. Moreover, some of the governing political parties have been accused of using holidays as a tool either to mollify disgruntled workers or to woo voters before the state elections. In this context, this paper explores the relationship between the number of holidays and economic growth across 24 Indian states, spanning the period 2008–2016, by employing a panel model analysis. The paper presents evidence suggesting that holidays seem to affect growth negatively in the rich states but are inconsequential for the growth performance of the poor states.     

British regional growth and sectoral trends: global and local spatial econometric approaches

This article looks beneath the surface of British sub-regional aggregate Gross Value Added (GVA) growth over the period 1995 to 2007, by examining how the differing growth dynamics of the secondary and services sectors have influenced the overall regional growth process. A spatial econometric analysis is undertaken which tests regional secondary and services real GVA per capita for absolute and conditional convergence at the NUTS 3 level. Both local and global spatial analysis techniques are utilized in order to gain a detailed insight into the growth process over the period 1995 to 2007.     

关于公共支出与经济增长的国内外研究综述

公共支出与经济增长的关系一直以来为经济学家们所争论。持公共支出促进经济增长观点认为,政府公共支出在经济增长中发挥着重要作用,因为它为经济发展提供了大量的公共品和其他具有外部效应的公共福利或服务,从而鼓励和便利了私人投资,形成了一个较好的投资环境,促进了经济增长。而持反对意见的认为,公共支出往往是生产率较低的,为融通政府支出而形成的高税收又会对私人部门的消费和投资造成很大的负面影响,因此,必须缩减政府支出,才能保证经济增长。当然也有人持两者根本就没有关系的观点。     

Population and economic growth: a simultaneous equation perspective

This article examines the relationship between Population Growth (PG) and Economic Growth (EG) in the framework of simultaneous structural equation models. Based on Lewbel (2012), the structural parameters can be estimated using the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). Identification requires a heteroscedastic covariance restriction that appears in some models of endogeneity, measurement errors and panel data. This study obtains several findings. First, the current and lagged variables of PG negatively and positively affect EG in the short run. Second, PG does not significantly influence EG in the long run. Third, the reverse relations running from EG to PG are weak in both the short and long run, regardless of economic development conditions.     

Trade integration and regional income disparities in a growth model with the service sector and footloose capital

This paper proposes a North–South growth model of endogenous industry location which is consistent with recent empirical work showing that regional income disparities have increased in many countries with the process of trade integration. The model incorporates a service sector that benefits from intersectoral knowledge spillovers from the manufacturing sector. We find that, when these spillovers are local, trade integration leads to an increase in interregional real income inequality.     

Regional economic growth and the role of high-speed rail in China

Rapid development of High-speed railways (HSR) in China has attracted serious research interest. This paper proposes an endogenous economic growth model to explain how and why HSR may lead to faster economic growth and regional convergence in China using data from 285 cities in 2010–2014. TSLS estimation suggests that HSR has a powerful impact on urban economic growth and regional convergence. It suggests that HSR was a potent driver responsible for the sustainable and steady economic expansion of the Chinese regions in the aftermath of the world financial crisis.     

Natural resources,economic growth and geography

Worldwide materials extraction increased by a factor of 8.4 over the course of the 20th century. In the meantime, global GDP and population increased by factors of about 22 and 4, respectively. This reveals that one of the key factors driving the increase in the exploitation of the resources was the growth in world population, although mitigated by the reduction in the intensity in the use of the resources in production. In this paper, we present a model that combines the theory of endogenous growth and the economy of natural resources, but taking into account the geographical distribution of economic activity. Indeed, the New Economic Geography provides insights about two elements that, although speeding up GDP growth, can curb the pressure on natural resources, namely the reduction in transports costs and a boost to pace of innovation.     

Effect of total resource allocation effect and economic growth：Chinese experience of 1978-2004

The analytical method of total resource reallocation effect is an evolution of the analytical method of the factors of economic growth. Since the marketization reform in China in 1978, market mechanism has played a more and more important role in resource allocation, and Chinese economy has developed greatly, which is called ＂the Chinese Miracle＂. This paper analyzes the economic growth in China from 1978 to 2004 with the analytical method of total resource reallocation effect. The result shows that the annual growth rate of total resource reallocation effect was 0.2%, which was 5.1% of the comprehensive productivity and 0.21% of the gross output growth, i.e. the total resource allocation played a weak role in the economic growth in China. When analyzing it in Chenery＇s multinational model, we find that Chinese comprehensive productivity growth rate was higher than that in all the income phases of the model, but the total resource allocation effect was obviously lower than that in all the income phases of the model. It indicates that the total resource allocation in China has a great potential, and that to accelerate marketization reform is one of the important issues for Chinese economic development.