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作者

Ning Ma;Yanrui Wu;Jianxin Wu

来源

CITIES,Vol.114,Issue1,Article 103209

语言

英文

关键字

C6;O18;O53;R11;R31;Spatial equilibrium;Urban growth;Welfare;China

作者单位

Hainan College of Economics and Business, China;The University of Western Australia, Australia;Jinan University, China;Hainan College of Economics and Business, China;The University of Western Australia, Australia;Jinan University, China

摘要

Using a spatial equilibrium model and data of 286 Chinese cities at the prefecture and above- prefecture level from 2002 to 2013, this study estimates the contribution of each city to national GDP growth. The results reveal several interesting patterns. First, what an individual city contributes to aggregate growth is not represented clearly by the city's GDP based on standard accounting calculation. Second, increased real wage dispersion across cities suppressed aggregate GDP by 25.41%. Finally, should cities with high productivity reduce their regulatory constraints to the national level, Chinese GDP would increase by 20.62%.