UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Review of Explaining Growth: A Global Research Perspective, edited by Gary McMahon and Lyn Squire and Productivity Growth, Inflation, and Unemployment: The Collected Essays of Robert J. Gordon by Robert J. Gordon     

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND ECONOMIC DYNAMISM

We analyze the consequences of economic freedom on economic dynamism across U.S. states and over time. Using data from the Economic Freedom of North America index, we show that states with greater economic freedom have higher rates of gross and net job creation and establishment entry. The results are robust to the inclusion of many different control variables and alternative specifications, suggesting a connection between freedom and dynamism. This evidence supports theories in which government policies may impede business dynamism. (JEL 043, P16, R5)     

红三角经济圈县域经济差异研究

利用传统统计分析方法和ESDA方法,在ArcGIS和GeoDA等软件的支持下,以县域为研究单元,以人均GDP为测度指标,从时间、空间、关联性三个侧面对1990—2008年红三角经济圈县域经济差异的空间格局及演化进行了分析。结果表明:红三角经济圈区域差异呈持续扩大趋势,其中赣州市、韶关市和郴州市内部差异呈现波动中不断上升,区域间差异在波动中不断缩小;县域经济在空间上表现出东西两极分化现象;经济发展水平较高县域以韶关市区、郴州市区和赣州市区为核心形成三个高值区;三市经济发展水平处于倒"U"型曲线的三个不同发展阶段;中心城市的规模对区域影响显著,改善交通和培育中心城市是促进落后地区经济发展的两个重要方面;根据经济关联性把红三角经济圈县域分成扩散型、极化型、塌陷型和传染型,不同类型区域对应不同的发展策略。     

经济全球化对中国经济增长的贡献分析

本文利用协整与误差修正模型探讨全球化经济活动与中国经济增长的关系。研究发现,全球化对中国的经济增长具有积极的促进作用,但国内投资仍然是我国经济增长主要的推动力。