Economic performance evaluation of the city government relocation: Based on the comprehensive exploration of move-in, move-out districts and other areas

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作者：
Sun B. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Pan Y. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Zhang T. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Zhou H. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
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[1] Research Center for China Administrative Division, East China Normal University, Shanghai
[2] Future City Lab, East China Normal University, Shanghai
[3] School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai
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Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica | 2024年 / 79卷 / 02期
关键词：
administrative center; difference-in-difference; economic performance; government seat relocation; local development;
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10.11821/dlxb202402008
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摘要：
The city government relocation in China will stimulate the spatial reallocation of resources, thus affecting regional economic development. In previous studies, only impacts of city government relocation in single move-in or move-out districts are evaluated. More, the results are usually relied on individual city case studies. Therefore, large sample empirical studies from a multi-regional perspective are urgently needed. This paper expands the theoretical framework of the relocation impact of city government, a regional factor in political geography, on economic development, and constructs panel data from 2000 to 2017 to examine the economic performance of government relocation policy of prefecture-level cities on the move-in districts, move-out districts, and other areas and its impact path through the difference-in-difference method. It is found that the government relocation could significantly promote the economic development of the move-in districts and drive the economic development of other districts and counties in the city through spillover effect, while the move-out districts are not significantly improved or damaged. Further mechanism testing show that the government relocation policy promotes local economic development through the effect of enterprise agglomeration and industrial upgrading in the move-in districts. Therefore, a reasonable relocation of city government can be an effective policy tool to promote the economic development of different regions within a city, but strict demonstration and approval are important prerequisites. © 2024 Science Press. All rights reserved.
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