Do China's economic development zones improve land use efficiency? The effects of selection, factor accumulation and agglomeration

《Do China's economic development zones improve land use efficiency? The effects of selection, factor accumulation and agglomeration》

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关键字: Land use efficiency; Economic development zone; Selection effect; Agglomeration effect; Factor accumulation effect; INDUSTRIAL PARK; FOREIGN; TAIWAN; INVESTMENT; FEDERALISM; POLICY

作者单位: [Huang, Zhiji] Cent Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Govt, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China. [He, Canfei; Zhu, Shengjun] Peking Univ, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. [He, Canfei] Peking Univ, Lincoln Inst Ctr Urban Dev & Land Policy, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. He, CF (reprint author), Peking Univ, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China.; He, CF (reprint author), Peking Univ, Lincoln Inst Ctr Urban Dev & Land Policy, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. E-Mail: huangzhiji@cufe.edu.cn; hecanfei@urban.pku.edu.cn; zhus@pku.edu.cn

摘要: China's so-called "development zone fever" has been criticized for leading to inefficient land use. This study aims to explore whether and how economic development zones improve land use efficiency. Using land use data on Shanghai's electronics firms for 2003-2008, this study finds that the average output per land unit of firms within development zones is significantly higher than that of their counterparts outside development zones. Spatial hotspot analysis indicates that land-use efficient firms tend to cluster in development zones. Econometric results suggest that selection effects contribute to the higher levels of land use efficiency of firms in development zones. After controlling for selection effects, both factor accumulation effects and agglomeration effects have impacts on the land use efficiency of firms located in development zones. This study provides empirical justification for the establishment of economic development zones in China. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.