Creative industries agglomeration, regional innovation and productivity growth in China

This paper falls into the broad area of economic geography and economics of creativity, and it presents an alternative approach to explain why total factor productivity (TFP) growth is different across China's regions. It establishes an empirical model to estimate the spatial agglomeration effe...

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Main Authors: Hong, Jin, Wentao, Yu, Guo, Xiumei, Zhao, Dingtao
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3412
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author Hong, Jin
Wentao, Yu
Guo, Xiumei
Zhao, Dingtao
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Zhao, Dingtao
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description This paper falls into the broad area of economic geography and economics of creativity, and it presents an alternative approach to explain why total factor productivity (TFP) growth is different across China's regions. It establishes an empirical model to estimate the spatial agglomeration effects of creative industries on regional TFP growth, using China's provincial panel data during the period of 2003 to 2010. We found that the creative industries agglomeration (CIA) has significant and positive impact on regional TFP growth. The result also implies that the CIA can facilitate regional TFP growth through promoting regional innovation instead of improving regional efficiency. Therefore, we argue that policy makers should take some measures to retain and establish more creative zones.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-34122017-09-13T14:46:24Z Creative industries agglomeration, regional innovation and productivity growth in China Hong, Jin Wentao, Yu Guo, Xiumei Zhao, Dingtao This paper falls into the broad area of economic geography and economics of creativity, and it presents an alternative approach to explain why total factor productivity (TFP) growth is different across China's regions. It establishes an empirical model to estimate the spatial agglomeration effects of creative industries on regional TFP growth, using China's provincial panel data during the period of 2003 to 2010. We found that the creative industries agglomeration (CIA) has significant and positive impact on regional TFP growth. The result also implies that the CIA can facilitate regional TFP growth through promoting regional innovation instead of improving regional efficiency. Therefore, we argue that policy makers should take some measures to retain and establish more creative zones. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3412 10.1007/s11769-013-0617-6 Springer restricted
spellingShingle Hong, Jin
Wentao, Yu
Guo, Xiumei
Zhao, Dingtao
Creative industries agglomeration, regional innovation and productivity growth in China
title Creative industries agglomeration, regional innovation and productivity growth in China
title_full Creative industries agglomeration, regional innovation and productivity growth in China
title_fullStr Creative industries agglomeration, regional innovation and productivity growth in China
title_full_unstemmed Creative industries agglomeration, regional innovation and productivity growth in China
title_short Creative industries agglomeration, regional innovation and productivity growth in China
title_sort creative industries agglomeration, regional innovation and productivity growth in china
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3412