Lu, Yi; Ni, Juan; Tao, Zhigang; Yu, Linhui - In: China Economic Review 27 (2013) C, pp. 135-147
diversity theories) in accounting for the fast yet uneven growth of industries in China's cities. Using a comprehensive dataset … of manufacturing industries in 231 China's cities for the period 1998–2005, we find that specialization promotes city … mature industries in China, but diversity is crucial for the development of China's relatively new and fast …