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Spatial analysis of digital economy and its driving factors: A case study of the Yangtze River Delta City Cluster in China

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  • Haidong Zhong
  • Bifeng Wang
  • Shaozhong Zhang

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The digital economy (DE) has become a major breakthrough in promoting industrial upgrading and an important engine for high-quality economic growth. However, most studies have neglected the important driving effect of regional economic and social (RES) development on DE. In this paper, we discuss the mechanism of RES development promoting the development of DE, and establish a demand-driven regional DE development model to express the general idea. With the help of spatial analysis toolbox in ArcGIS software, the spatial development characteristics of DE in the Yangtze River Delta City Cluster (YRDCC) is explored. We find the imbalance of spatial development is very significant in YRDCC, no matter at the provincial level or city level. Quantitative analysis reveals that less than 1% likelihood that the imbalanced or clustered pattern of DE development in YRDCC could be the result of random chance. Geographically weighted regression (GWR) analysis with publicly available dataset of YRDCC indicates RES development significantly promotes the development of DE.

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  • Haidong Zhong & Bifeng Wang & Shaozhong Zhang, 2024. "Spatial analysis of digital economy and its driving factors: A case study of the Yangtze River Delta City Cluster in China," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(5), pages 1-22, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0300443
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300443
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