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Impact Studies of Foreign Enterprises in China (I)
Wei, Houkai - In: Revista de Economie Industriala (Journal of Industrial … 6 (2008) 2, pp. 5-30
Based on the survey responses of 112 operating foreign enterprises in the city of Qinghuandao, this study finds that the highest ranked motives for foreign investments in China are principally concerned with cheap labor and resources and the vast market. The primary factors determining them to...
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Urban Accounting and Welfare
Desmet, Klaus; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
larger cities, but also to greater frictions through congestion and other negative effects of agglomeration. Using data on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784710
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Policies for Inclusive Urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
, where productivity is higher and has increased further thanks to agglomeration effects. In the process, the rural …
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The Rural Economy in China and Russia – What is Different? Is there a Lesson for Russia?
Cuddy, Michael; Lijun, Qian - Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - 2004
A question frequently posed in Russia amid the economic and social anarchy of the post socialist period is whether it might not be better off if it followed the Chinese model of transition. This latter might be described in broad terms as a very slow liberalisation of the political system with a...
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Agglomeration and productivity in China: Firm level evidence
Hu, Cui; Xu, Zhaoyuan; Yashiro, Naomitsu - In: China Economic Review 33 (2015) C, pp. 50-66
This paper conducts an in-depth evaluation on the role of industrial agglomeration in productivity growth of China …. We also complement our analysis with the 2004 Census data to capture the agglomeration of small firms. Unlike previous … studies that often focused on specific industries, we assess the impact of agglomeration in a comprehensive range of …
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Agglomeration Economies in China: Locations and Effects
Li, Chao; Gibson, John - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2014
restrictions and by stimulating construction and manufacturing in China’s counties, are unlikely to create beneficial agglomeration …
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Information and communication technologies and geographic concentration of manufacturing industries: evidence from China
Fu, Shihe; Hong, Junjie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
agglomeration. Higher geographic concentration is found consistently in industries where ICT are more widely adopted, and the … footloose, contribute to industrial agglomeration. High-tech industries with advanced ICT also tend to agglomerate. Contrary to … the prevalent argument that ICT lead to more dispersion, our study suggests that ICT promote industrial agglomeration. …
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Estimating the size of the potential market for all three flexibility mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
The Kyoto Protocol is the first international environmental agreement that sets legally binding greenhouse gas emissions targets and timetables for Annex I countries. It incorporates emissions trading and two project-based flexibility mechanisms, namely joint implementation and the clean...
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Is China taking actions to limit its greenhouse gas emissions? past evidence and future prospects
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
As the world’s second largest carbon emitter, China has long been criticised as a “free-rider” enjoying benefits from other countries’ efforts to abate greenhouse gas emissions but not taking due responsibilities of its own. China has been singled out as one of the major targets at the...
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A multi-regional representation of China's agricultural sectors
Horridge, Glyn Wittwer Mark - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 1 (2009) 4, pp. 420-434
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline a version of SinoTERM, a multi-regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of China that has been updated and disaggregated further to enhance the agricultural detail. A version of the model is publicly available and will be useful to...
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