Zones with China's concessional regime: spatial concentration and foreign trade contribution

Dmitry Izotov

Economy of region, 2013, vol. 1, issue 1, 123 - 132

Abstract: This paper deals with the estimation the dynamics, structure and factors of China’s special zones foreign trade. It was determined that the zones are one of the main sources of rapid growth of China’s foreign trade. A high concentration of export and import zones in the space across the three economic centers of China was found. Based on regression analysis the impact of wages on foreign trade these zones and the rest of China were evaluated. According to estimates, it was not found evidence that wage growth has a greater negative impact on the export zones than the rest of China. It was found that the wages increase has a negative impact on Chinese zones import. Foreign demand and the liberalization of foreign trade policy have a main impact on the growth of foreign trade these zones.

Keywords: special zone; export; import; trade; wage; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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