Industrial Geography Agglomeration and International Trade in China's Gradual Reform

Author: Fudan University Press
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: This book follows a fundamental assumption of new economic geography and new trade theory: economies of scale and increasing returns. It examines the issues of industrial geographical agglomeration and international trade in China's gradual reform from two main threads: industrial geographical agglomeration under domestic market integration and industrial agglomeration and international trade under an open economy. Under the first main thread, the book, set against the backdrop of China's gradual reform, studies the impact of demand variables, input variables, and initial fixed assets on industrial geographical agglomeration, explores the relationship between China's regional comparative advantages and industrial geographical agglomeration, and investigates the changes and characteristics of industrial geographical agglomeration in China's three major industries, major industrial categories, and key industrial products. Under the second main thread, the book studies industrial geographical agglomeration within the framework of an open economy, examining the external conditions for its formation from the perspective of multiple equilibria in open economies and international division of labor. It analyzes the relationships between international division of labor and trade, international competitiveness, openness, and industrial geographical agglomeration.