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Industrial Productivity and Regional Disparity in China
2006 Volume 36 Issue 3 Pages 711-724
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2006 Volume 36 Issue 3 Pages 711-724
The economic growth and regional disparity in China is important issue. In this study we focus on the industrial sector that becomes the key to the economic growth of China, and to investigate what influence the efficiency or productivity gives to regional disparity. Aggregated firm-level data of 31 regions since 1998 is employed. And, the Malmquist productivity index based on the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is measured. In this index, the scale economy effect is also considered. Finally, the relation between the productivity of the industrial sector and the regional disparity will be clarified by these results.
JEL classification: D24, O53, R11
