Openness, Economic Growth and Regional Disparities

Employing a variety of panel data regression techniques, this book provides readers with new findings that shed light on the effects of openness on China's regional economic growth and the evolution of the country's interregional disparities.

Based on a rigorous theoretical framework

Applies various statistical and econometric methods

Employs rich and comprehensive data

Provides in-depth discussions of related topics

Written for a broad range of readers

Based on a rigorous theoretical framework Applies various statistical and econometric methods Employs rich and comprehensive data Provides in-depth discussions of related topics Written for a broad range of readers

Inhalt
Preface.- Introduction.- Output Growth and Productivity Growth in China.- Growth and Convergence across the Chinese Regions.- Openness and Regional Growth in China.- Openness, Human Capital, and Productivity Growth in the Chinese Regions.- Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Productivity Growth in China.- Endogenous Saving, Interregional Capital Mobility, and Convergence across China.- Inputs beyond Capital and Labor, the Neoclassical Growth Framework, and Limits to Growth in China.- Industry Mix and Interregional Disparities in China.- Openness, Structural Factors, and Economic Growth across the Regions in China.- Environmental Quality and Green Economic Growth in the Chinese Regions.- Strategic Interaction in Environmental Protection Efforts among Chinese Provincial Governments.- Strategic Competition in Public Spending on Education in Different Chinese Regions.- Trade Openness and Economic Growth in China: Models, Implications, and Some Thoughts.- A Summary and Beyond.