Economic Growth and Verdoorn's Law in the Spanish Regions, 1962-91

The aim of this paper is to test for the presence of dynamic increasing returns to scale in the Spanish regions between 1962 and 1991.The framework in which this paper is based is the so-called Verdoorn's Law. Tests are carried out for the manufacturing sector, agriculture, construction, services and total value added. The results show substantial increasing returns for manufacturing, services sector and for total value added. The staticdynamic paradox found by McCombie (1982) is also discussed and tested. We find no support for the hypothesis of a Cobb-Douglas function as the underlying technical relationship of the law.     

Causality Between Exports and Economic Growth: The Empirical Evidence from Shanghai

The export-led growth hypothesis is tested using monthly time series data for Shanghai (one of the major exporting provinces in China) using the Granger no-causality procedure developed by Toda and Yamamoto (1995) in a vector autoregresion (VAR) model. This paper builds on the existing literature in three distinct ways. This is the first study of the export-led growth hypothesis which employs a regional dataset (Shanghai). Second, the paper follows Riezman et al . (1996) in controlling for the growth of imports to avoid a spurious causality result; and finally, the use of the methodology by Toda and Yamamoto is expected to improve the standard F -statistics in the causality test process. The research finds one-way Granger causality running from GDP to exports     

Fuel-Mining Exports and Economic Growth: Evidence from the UAE

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Exports and Economic Growth: Some Evidence from the GCC

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产业集聚、产业结构差异与区域经济增长——以沈阳经济区为例

利用区位基尼系数、偏离-份额法以及灰色关联分析法,深入研究了1996—2010年沈阳经济区的产业结构特点以及其所属八地市的三次产业对沈阳经济区GDP的贡献。结果表明:沈阳经济区的产业集聚现象明显;沈阳和鞍山的经济增长对整个经济区经济增长的贡献率为63%;沈阳经济区的产业结构差异主要表现为第二产业发展较快、第一产业和第三产业发展滞后,产业结构差异的经济增长效应不明显。最后,针对弱化全区产业集聚程度、促进全区三次产业的协同发展提出了政策建议。     

区域经济联系与卫星城产业区发展:以上海临港产业区为例

基于卫星城(子城)与大都市(母城)间的微观区域尺度,以上海临港产业区为例,采用区域经济相互作用的引力模型,定量分析了它与上海各市级及以上开发区的区域经济联系强度和隶属度,测度了卫星区域的区域经济联系方向以及地域差异,实现了卫星区域的区域经济联系强度和方向的量化表征.结果表明:临港产业区的对外区域经济量远低于其他成熟开发区间的经济联系强度,其联系方向主要集中在近郊区,并呈现出与滨江沿海发展轴和沪港发展轴的相对一致性.因此,在继续加强临港产业区内部互动结网的同时,加强其与上海其他开发区间的经济联系,则成为临港今后发展的重要驱动力来源与政策着力点.     

Simultaneity in the Study of Exports and Economic Growth

A number of empirical studies have concluded that exports promote economic growth. In each case, a single equation model was estimated by OLS with the magnitude of the export growth coefficient being consistently small, albeit significant. The present study of extensive cross-country data indicates the likelihood of simultaneous determination of exports and economic growth. The rate of growth of exports is then treated as an endogenous variable with the equation estimated by 2SLS in a number of cases in which various plausible combinations are assumed for the system. The 2SLS results generally amplify the earlier findings but tend to show that exports probably play a more important role than was previously indicated. [019, F43]     

中国经济增长、外商直接投资和出口贸易的互动实证分析

本文使用28个省1978年到2000年的面板数据，着重分析出口贸易和外商直接投资对经济表现的影响。使用Petroni的面板单位根数据检验和Arellano及Bond的动态面板数据估计技术，我们发现出口贸易和外商直接投资对经济增长有着重大的正面效应。研究结果表明，其他发展中国家和转轨经济国家可以借鉴中国政府采用的这两种发展政策：推动出口和引入国际水准的技术与商业管理实践。     

区域创新与西部经济发展

西部地区的区域创新不仅是适应经济全球化和知识经济的需要,而且也是发挥西部地区资源优势,促进西部经济跨越式发展的必然选择.西部地区的区域创新既面临有利条件,同时也面临许多障碍和制约因素.加快西部地区区域创新步伐,必将促进西部经济更快发展.     

中国地区经济增长的动态关系研究

本文运用向量自回归(VAR)模型,考察了我国东中西三大地区经济增长之间的动态关系及其对地区差距的影响,实证结果表明东部地区的经济增长不仅有利于东部自身,也有利于中西部地区,中西部从东部经济增长中得到的益处大于从自身经济增长中得到的益处,这为完善中西部地区的经济发展战略乃至全国区域协调发展战略提供了启示.     

经济增长的区域特征:来自工业化和城市化的证据--以甘肃为例

甘肃经济增长的典型特征是外部推动的低质工业化和内生缓慢发展的滞后城市化,工业化与城市化发展断裂,二者发展不相协调。文章运用实证分析法,考察了甘肃经济增长的区域特征,并进一步分析形成这种现状的根源,即甘肃特有的工业化与城市化道路。在分析的基础上,提出了解决问题的基本思路。     

Economic Growth and International Trade: The Case of Hong Kong

This paper estimates the major factors of growth of Hong Kong using a fairly new approach, which allows the direct inclusion of the factors of growth in the growth equation to be estimated. The growth factors that are found to be important for Hong Kong are physical capital accumulation, (negative) growth of unskilled workers, education, technology spillover (from foreign countries) through retained import of capital goods and inward direct investment, and learning‐by‐doing through import and domestic manufacturing production. The results strongly suggest that other than primary factor accumulation, education, trade, and foreign direct investment have contributed a lot to the growth of the economy.     

产业集聚与区域经济增长

本文在诠释Martin和Ottaviano的“增长与集聚”关系模型基础之上，对产业集聚与区域经济增长循环累积因果关系的作用机制进行了分析。产业集聚通过市场规模效应、技术和知识溢出效应以及社会资本效应促进区域经济增长，而区域经济增长又进一步强化了产业集聚，二者进入循环累积因果过程。最后建立了我国各省区人均地区生产总值与制造业产业集聚度诸因素之间的关系模型，验证了它们之间的正向关系。     

Thy Neighbor's Curse: Regional Instability and Economic Growth

We show that regional instability, defined as politicalinstability in neighboring countries, has a strong negative effecton a country's economic performance. The magnitude of this negativeexternality is similar in size to that of an equivalent increasein domestic political instability. We also identify two mainchannels through which regional instability lowers economic performance.First, regional instability disrupts trade flows. The sharesof merchandise and manufactured trade are lower in countrieswith high regional instability. Second, regional instabilityleads to increased military outlays. Defense expenditures arehigher in countries with high regional instability. In contrast,the share of government expenditures allocated to education islower in countries with politically unstable neighbors. Our resultssuggest the existence of negative spillovers among politicallyunstable neighboring countries. These adverse regional influencesshould be taken into account when projecting the future economicperformance of countries. The evidence presented also suggeststhat the gains from reducing regional instability extend farbeyond the welfare of the country experiencing political unrest.Policies directed at settling current territorial disputes ina peaceful and orderly manner can have large beneficial effectsfor parties not directly involved in the conflict.     

基于比例性偏离份额模型的区域经济增长分析——以安徽省为例

比例性偏离份额模型实现了偏离份额分析从区域考察期增量中分离出区域经济结构差异和规模差异对经济增长贡献的目标.新结构分量同时测度区域产业规模结构和增速结构差异,揭示了区域规模和增速占优产业的集中分布情况.安徽省各地级市2001-2010年经济增长实证分析结果表明:只有合肥和芜湖同时拥有竞争优势和结构优势;宿州、六安和池州竞争优势明显,但结构优势不足;而竞争优势不足,却拥有一定结构优势的有亳州、蚌埠、阜阳、马鞍山、铜陵、巢湖和黄山;其余的淮南、淮北、安庆、滁州和宣城竞争优势和结构优势都不足.以环比式动态算法下区域分量和结构分量历年变更情况分析区域经济增长竞争优势和结构优势动态演变过程,可划分出5种演变类型:竞争增强结构优化型、竞争增强结构衰退型、竞争减弱结构优化型、竞争减弱结构衰退型和结构相对稳定型.     

论知识可达性与区域经济增长

知识可达性(knowledge accessibility)是指一个区域(国家、地区、城市)与其他有关区域(同样也包括国家、地区、城市)之间,知识流动(溢出)的便捷程度。知识分布的空间差异是理解区域经济增长与区域经济差距的关键性因素。经济增长主要发生在产业集群高度可到达(可进入)的区位。从这个意义上讲,显示了区域经济增长过程的"区位依赖(location-dependent)"。在全球经济一体化背景下,一国一地区的发展都不可能是独立的。知识可达性的高低(或大小),反映了某一区域与其他区域进行知识交流的"机会"和"潜力",而这种接触机会、接触潜力是区域经济发展极为重要的因素。     

中国各地区的市场化进程对经济增长的影响

本文通过考察用市场化指数表示的制度变量在经济增长中的作用，对索罗模型做了适合中国国情的修正，提出了一个包含制度变量的扩展索罗模型。实证研究结果表明该模型很好地描述了各省市的经济增长情况，如果控制了人口增长率、资本积累率以及制度因素的差异，中国地区间经济增长会出现如索罗模型所预测的条件收敛现象。     

China's Fiscal Decentralization and Regional Economic Growth

The present paper applies Lucas's theory of endogenous growth and Stiglitz's theory of local public goods to build an econometric model consisting of five simultaneous equations to study China's fiscal decentralization effects on regional economic growth. The model is estimated by two‐stage least squares using a set of panel data on 31 Chinese provinces during 1996–2005. The estimated results show that China's fiscal decentralization increased the local governments' expenditure on physical infrastructure and education, which led to the rising local physical capital stock and human capital levels, respectively, and then resulted in the growth of regional economies.     

基于区域经济竞争力的区域差异与区域协调发展研究

改革开放以来,我国经济得到了很大发展,特别是近几年经济发展速度更加快速.但在经济加快发展的同时,地区间的差距也有逐步加大的趋势,这种差异不仅表现在经济发展的单一方面,而且表现在经济发展的各个方面.本文从区域经济竞争力的研究视角,运用SPSS分析方法对中东西部的区域差异进行实证分析,并基于形成这些差异的因素分析,提出了西部地区缩短区域差异,实现区域经济协调发展之路.     

Estimating Krugman’s Economic Geography Model for the Spanish Regions

This paper estimates Krugman’s (J Polit Econ 99:413–499, 1991) economic geography model using data from the Spanish NUTS 3 regions. The econometric formalization endogenously determines wages in a region as a function of income and wages in other regions. The specification adopted also allows us to study the relation between the agglomeration of economic activity, increasing returns and market access. The first result obtained is that the Spanish economy exhibits a spatial wage structure: wages in a region are positively determined by income and wages in neighboring regions. In second place it is found support for the structural relations of the underlying theoretical model, indicating the importance of scale economies and transport costs in shaping the Spanish economic geography.