Modern urbanization and industrial upgrading in China: evidence from panel data

Fang Wang (), Ming-Hua Tian () and Zhong-Hua Yin ()
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Fang Wang: Beijing Forestry University
Ming-Hua Tian: Beijing Forestry University
Zhong-Hua Yin: Beijing Forestry University

Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2021, vol. 55, issue 2, No 12, 681 pages

Abstract: Abstract We explored the mechanisms of, and relationships between, modern Chinese urbanization and industrial upgrading. To these ends, we used a panel-data, vector autoregression model, a coupling, co-ordination degree model, and a panel threshold model incorporating data from 2003 to 2017. The empirical results suggest that modern urbanization and industrial upgrading are bidirectional in nature, and that the effect of the latter is greater than that of the former. Although the extent of coupling co-ordination has increased annually, significant spatial differences are apparent. The interrelationship between urbanization and industrial structure is complicated, being affected by regional economic levels, material and human capital, market environments, technological progress, foreign direct investment, financial support, and the extent of openness. All factors exhibited threshold effects. Our findings shed new light on the co-ordinated development of modern urbanization and industrial upgrading, and have implications for China’s economic development in the new normality.

Keywords: China’s modern urbanization; Industrial upgrading; Panel VAR model; Coupling co-ordination degree model; Panel threshold model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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