The paper investigates the importance of spatial dependences on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) localization across Chinese provinces over the 1992-2009. Based on exploratory spatial data analysis, spatial sigma-convergence and spatial Durbin specifications, we present a much clearer picture of...

The aim of this paper is to examine whether there is a co-insurance mechanism against provincial aggregate income fluctuations between the Chinese provinces. Our theoretical argument relies on the existence of an efficient allocation of risk between the Chinese provinces. According to this...

Since the 80s, China became one of the main actors of international trade, after an autarky of thirty years. This is due to an economic policy providing incentives both for national and foreign firms. China is still specialised in labour intensive products, but is also trying to upgrade the...

La réforme chinoise devant conduire à une économie de marché s'est appuyée sur une forme institutionnelle particulière caractérisée par la décentralisaiton. La régionalisation a été utilisée comme moyen de régulation, en articulant les mesures nouvelles aux structures déjà...

Le remarquable taux de croissance de l’économie chinoise lui a permis d’être sans doute l’un des rares pays en voie de développement à se situer dans une logique de rattrapage par rapport aux pays développés. Elle a ainsi pu faire fortement diminuer la grande pauvreté et les...

This paper provides a theoretical view of the central-local relationships in China. Decentralization and the autonomy of local governments have been a crucial element for the reform process. These intergovernmental …scal relations have been changing since 1978 and they are founded on a...

Institutional change is considered as a key feature in the process of development. The changing role of central plan in Chinese economy suggests the emergence of new actors and some problems of adjustment. The topic of this paper is to show how regional governments have been in the same time...

The main issue that we address here is what role the aggregate demand structure has played in determining China’s income inequality. We apply the standard decomposition technique. And we find that the gross fixed capital formation is the key force for the uprising interprovincial inequality,...

This paper has two main objectives : first, to evaluate and to analyse the spatial concentration of industry in China; second, to estimate a link between the openness of China and this concentration. We are interested in the evolution of industrial location to study the regional specialisations....

The aim of this paper is to examine whether there is a co-insurance mechanism against provincial aggregate income fluctuations between the Chinese provinces. Our theoretical argument relies on the existence of an efficient allocation of risk between the Chinese provinces. According to this...