Keeping up with the zones(es): how competing local governments in China use development zones as back doors to urbanization

Jiang, Yanpeng; Waley, Paul

doi:10.1080/02723638.2022.2041821

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“…Meanwhile, the promotion system based on GDP growth as an assessment criterion encourages local governments to engage in fierce competition around industrial development. At this point, local governments also play the role of political participants in the government arena [39][40][41][42]. Therefore, in the current institutional environment of fiscal and growth incentives in China, as monopolists in the urban land supply market, local governments have the freedom to use land as a tool for industrial competition by adjusting the mechanism of land supply, either according to market mechanisms or by favoring industrial land supply, to meet their fiscal and promotion motives [43][44][45].…”

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An Evolutionary Game Analysis of Heterogeneous Local Government Land Supply Behavior and Industrial Transfer Competition

Hu,

Wang,

Zhao

2024

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The implicit assumption of homogeneity in traditional economics fails to adequately explain the complex and contradictory behavior exhibited by different local governments in China during the land supply process. The issue of land supply is characterized by practical chaos and has fallen into a theoretical research dilemma. Starting from two dimensions of heterogeneity—preferences and income—this study establishes an evolutionary game model of the limited rationality of local governments. It explores the behavioral evolution process of local governments in the context of industrial competition for land supply and its convergence trends. The research findings indicate that the land supply behavior of local governments is primarily determined by the degree of heterogeneity in preferences and income, as well as the level of compensation for losses to cooperative partners and the severity of penalties for non-cooperative behavior. If local governments’ preferences converge towards a certain threshold or if their income continually increases, they are more inclined towards cooperative behavior; otherwise, they tend to act non-cooperatively. If local governments’ revenues are heavily reliant on industrial transfers, they are more likely to engage in non-cooperative land supply behavior. This research offers theoretical insights and policy recommendations to enhance the optimal allocation of land resources in China.

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An Evolutionary Game Analysis of Heterogeneous Local Government Land Supply Behavior and Industrial Transfer Competition

Hu,

Wang,

Zhao

2024

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“…These zones have several main objectives, such as attracting foreign direct investment, promoting concentrated industrial growth, encouraging technological innovation, creating employment opportunities, and accelerating regional economic progress [52][53][54][55][56]. Consequently, different countries have established their own development zones, including free trade zones, industrial parks, economic and technological development zones, and industrial or science and technology parks [53,[57][58][59].…”

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Has the Establishment of High-Tech Zones Improved Urban Economic Resilience? Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities in China

Yu,

Xia,

Huang

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The establishment of high-tech zones in China represents a significant policy tool aimed at fostering urban scientific and technological innovation while ensuring steady and sustainable economic growth. Using high-tech zones as a quasi-natural experiment and 233 prefecture-level cities in China from 1990 to 2021 as a research sample, this article constructs a difference-in-difference model to test the impact of high-tech zones on urban economic resilience. Our findings reveal several key insights. First, high-tech zones play a crucial role in enhancing urban economic resilience, which is robust across multiple tests. Second, there is significant variation in the influence of high-tech zones on urban economic resilience. Large cities, cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YEB), and eastern cities are more affected than other cities. Third, improving urban innovation ability and optimizing resource allocation are important ways through which high-tech zones influence urban economic resilience. These findings contribute significantly to the evaluation of the high-tech zones policy and form empirical evidence of the policy arrangements’ regional-level impact on economic resilience.

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Chongqing: Navigating Rapid Urbanization and Regional Development Challenges

Cheshmehzangi,

Tang

2024

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Keeping up with the zones(es): how competing local governments in China use development zones as back doors to urbanization

Cited by 7 publications

References 46 publications

An Evolutionary Game Analysis of Heterogeneous Local Government Land Supply Behavior and Industrial Transfer Competition

An Evolutionary Game Analysis of Heterogeneous Local Government Land Supply Behavior and Industrial Transfer Competition

Has the Establishment of High-Tech Zones Improved Urban Economic Resilience? Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities in China

Chongqing: Navigating Rapid Urbanization and Regional Development Challenges

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