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Convergence and transition auspice of Chinese regional growth

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  • Zheng Wang
  • Zhaopan Ge

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This paper reconsiders the question of regional convergence in China. Barro’s convergence model and Theil’s regional inequality index are applied in the study. Analytical results reject the absolute convergence hypothesis in the Chinese case, but suggest a conditional convergence pattern. As for China as one system, it is further discovered that there exists a complex phenomenon that the three regions, the east, the mid and the west, converge to different equilibria respectively. Therefore, the mid and the west break through the existing system structure to reach the high level like that of the east is a crucial task of Chinese economic development. A detailed inversed U-shape analysis leads to two important findings. First, it discovers that the regional disparities between the east region and the rest of China are widening, while the regional disparity between the mid and the west is shrinking. Second, the Chinese regional economy has reached the critical point of divergence-convergence transition in terms of stages of national economic development according to Williamson’s theoretical model. This gives the state government some room for doing something to make the convergence happen at an early possible time. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2004

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  • Zheng Wang & Zhaopan Ge, 2004. "Convergence and transition auspice of Chinese regional growth," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 38(4), pages 727-739, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:anresc:v:38:y:2004:i:4:p:727-739
    DOI: 10.1007/s00168-003-0184-3
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    1. Emiliano Giudici & André Mollick, 2008. "Convergence in the Eastern Caribbean States," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 42(4), pages 893-909, December.
    2. Dong Guo & Sandy Dall’erba & Julie Le Gallo, 2013. "The Leading Role of Manufacturing in China’s Regional Economic Growth," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 36(2), pages 139-166, April.
    3. Zhang, Haiyang & Sonobe, Tetsushi, 2011. "Business incubators in China: An inquiry into the variables associated with incubatee success," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), vol. 5, pages 1-26.
    4. Patricio Aroca & Dong Guo & Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, 2006. "Spatial Convergence in China: 1952-99," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2006-89, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    5. Ryohei Nakamura & Masahiro Taguchi, 2011. "Agglomeration and Institutional Effects on Dynamics in Regional Disparities: Experience from Poland and Japan," Ekonomia journal, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, vol. 25.
    6. Chen, Anping & Groenewold, Nicolaas, 2013. "Does investment allocation affect the inter-regional output gap in China? A time-series investigation," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 26(C), pages 197-206.

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    Keywords

    R11; O18; O53;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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