Title: Analysis of Spatial Effects And Regional Convergence of China's Urbanization:1978~2009
Abstract:From a spatial perspective,this paper studies the spatial effects and regional convergence of urbanization in 31 provinces in China's mainland by Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis.Empirical results sh...From a spatial perspective,this paper studies the spatial effects and regional convergence of urbanization in 31 provinces in China's mainland by Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis.Empirical results show that urbanization in each province has the spatial agglomeration and radiation.There is an absolute β convergence in China's urbanization.The speed of convergence is increased after spatial effects being taken into account.Furthermore,it indicates that OLS model underestimates the speed of convergence due to the lack of spatial factor.The paper suggests that there are guiding,demonstrating,learning and imitating activities in China's provincial urbanization.Spatial effects exert positive role on regional convergence of urbanization.It would promote the overall development of China's economy and society by taking advantage of the spatial effects of urbanization.Read More
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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