Information and Communication Technologies and the Geographical Concentration of Manufacturing Industries: Evidence from China

Junjie Hong () and Shihe Fu ()
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Junjie Hong: School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, 100029, China

Urban Studies, 2011, vol. 48, issue 11, 2339-2354

Abstract: Using the 2004 China economic census database, this paper examines the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on the geographical concentration of manufacturing industries, controlling for a broad set of other determinants of industrial agglomeration. Contrary to the argument that ICT leads to more dispersion, it is found that ICT promotes geographical concentration of industries. The results are robust to different measures of ICT, at different geographical levels and to the consideration of endogeneity.

Date: 2011
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Working Paper: Information and communication technologies and geographic concentration of manufacturing industries: evidence from China (2008)
Working Paper: Information and communication technologies and geographic concentration of manufacturing industries: Evidence from China (2008)
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