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ID147436
Title ProperDevelopment zones and local economic growth
Other Title Informationzooming in on the Chinese case
LanguageENG
AuthorZheng, Guo ;  Barbieri, Elisa ;  Tommaso, Marco R. Di
Summary / Abstract (Note)The practice of development zones has expanded worldwide, yet scholarship persistently disagrees on the role that development zones play in local economic development. With its focus on China, this study contributes to the discussion by exploring the effects of development zones on the economic development of host regions, using both macro-level (all national-level development zones) and meso-level (county- and district-level development zones in Guangdong Province) analyses. Our data analyses of the macro-level reveal that development zones, even though positive in developed regions, do not contribute to economic growth in proportion to their share of land in host cities on the whole. The result is confirmed by the meso-level data analysis that indicates that county- and district-level development zones in Guangdong Province, a developed region in southern China, imposed positive effects on local economies. Therefore we suggest that the Chinese central government should not expand development zones without limits, but carefully consider their location and size in relation to the host regions before approving them.
`In' analytical NoteChina Economic Review Vol. 38; Apr 2016: p.238–249
Journal SourceChina Economic Review 2016-07
Key WordsChina ;  Special Economic Zones ;  Industrialization ;  Development Zones