Regional development and economic growth in China / / edited by Yanrui Wu, University of Western Australia, Australia

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818243603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore, : World Scientific, c2013; New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2013]; �2013
• ISBN: 981-4439-85-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 331 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Collana: Series on economic development and growth ; ; vol 7
• Disciplina: 338.95100905
• Soggetti: Regional planning - China - Regional disparities; Economic development - China - History - 21st century; Industrial productivity - China; China Economic policy 2000- Regional disparities; China Economic conditions 2000-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ch. 1. Regional economies and growth: an introduction / Yanrui Wu -- ch. 2. New evidence of regional inequality / Tsun Se Cheong -- ch. 3. The energy tax and regional development / Zhengning Pu and Yasuhisa Hayashiyama -- ch. 4. Regional distribution of the creative class and its determinants / Jin Hong, Wentao Yu and Fengli Yang -- ch. 5. Comparing productivity growth among the regions / Yanrui Wu -- ch. 6. FDI and economic growth / Chunlai Chen -- ch. 7. Manufacturing sector FDI and performance of domestic banks / Sizhong Sun and Siqiwen Li -- ch. 8. Patterns of industrial dynamics in the manufacturing sector / Sizhong Sun -- ch. 9. Agglomeration and export performance of manufacturing firms / Dahai Fu -- ch. 10. Individual country approaches to agriculture in the ASEAN-China FTA / Ray Trewin ... [et al.] -- ch. 11. Environmental regulation and productivity growth in APEC economies / Bing Wang and Yanrui Wu -- ch. 12. Inflation transmission in China's goods and asset markets / Huawei Liu and Juan Yang -- ch. 13. Inconsistency in the assessment of China's domestic and foreign patents / Fei Yu.
• Sommario/riassunto: China has enjoyed unprecedented high economic growth for three decades. This growth has however been unbalanced and has led to some serious consequences which Chinese policy makers are now trying to rectify. One of the consequences is the deterioration of regional disparity which is threatening the stability of the Chinese society and hence the sustainability of current high economic growth in the country. This edited volume on China's regional development and economic growth is hence timely and contains a collection of the latest research reports in this field. The authors represent a disting