 Place-based policies, creation and reallocation effects on city exports: Insights from China's cross-border E-commerce comprehensive pilot zonesShiyu Cheng, Yaxiang Song and Yao Tu China Economic Review, 2025, vol. 93, issue C Abstract: This study explores the impact of a significant export-oriented place-based policy, China's Cross-Border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zones (CPZs), on city exports. Employing a generalized difference-in-differences approach, we find that the CPZ program substantially enhances exports in both the host cities and their neighboring non-CPZ cities within the same provinces. The policy's positive effects are more pronounced for exporters than for producers. Further analysis reveals that initiatives promoting offline agglomeration positively affect both exporters and producers. We also observe notable heterogeneity in CPZ effectiveness based on local political capacity, geographic location, and administrative status. This paper provides new insights into how place-based policies reshape the spatial layout of the export industry, highlighting the heterogeneous effects of specific policy measures on different participants along the value chain and the spillover effects across regions. Keywords: Place-based policy; Cross-border E-commerce comprehensive pilot zones; City exports; Spillover effects (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:chieco:v:93:y:2025:i:c:s1043951x25001373 DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102479 Access Statistics for this article China Economic Review is currently edited by B.M. Fleisher, K. X. D. Huang, M.E. Lovely, Y. Wen, X. Zhang and X. Zhu More articles in China Economic Review from Elsevier |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.