 The dilemma of “Twin Cities”: is the suburban dependence hypothesis applicable?Shu-Hen Chiang Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2014, vol. 17, issue 2, 149-163 Abstract: The question of whether or not public investment and financial aid should be massively concentrated in a specified central city associated with a rising suburb has provoked a great deal of public controversy. The purpose here is to analyze the interaction between a central city and the surrounding suburban area based on employment and population, which is widely cited in “the Chicken and the Egg” problem. The results of our examination of Taipei City and its suburb reveal that Taipei-City’s employment as the engine of the metropolitan economy fully supports the suburban dependence hypothesis and hence the provision of more financial resources in Taipei City is beneficial to the overall metropolitan area, including its suburban area. However, our concern is that the recent policy decision regarding the appointment of Taipei County as another first-tier city, rather than merging it into a united metropolitan government, will further worsen the economic and political conflicts between “Twin Cities” and eventually reduce metropolitan competitiveness on the basis of New Regionalism. Date: 2014 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:jecprf:v:17:y:2014:i:2:p:149-163 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/17487870.2014.889566 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Economic Policy Reform is currently edited by Dr Judith Clifton More articles in Journal of Economic Policy Reform from Taylor and Francis Journals |
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