ShanghaiTech SEM Working Paper No. 2018-007
Di Guo
The University of Hong Kong
Kun Jiang
The University of Roehampton
Chenggang Xu
CKGSB, HKU, Tsinghua University
Xiyi Yang
ShanghaiTech University - School of Entrepreneurship and Management
Abstract
This study examines the effects of China’s industrial clusters on its economic growth and urban–rural income inequality. A density-based index (DBI) is developed to capture the unique features of such clusters in China. From a county-level DBI panel data constructed based on firm-level and county-level datasets, ...
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Keywords: China, clustering, geography, growth and inequality, institutions
JEL Classification: O14, O15, R11
Date Written: September, 2017
Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract= 3159741
