Papers

In this part of our "Regional Development in China" section we publish working papers written by our researchers who apply advanced analytical methods on the GIS/ICCE database or focus on regional development in China. Furthermore, we publish supplementary material related to publications in other journals, where we guide the reader to this website to make maps and data and other research materials accessible.

We invite scholars interested in our project to contribute their work on related topics. We will include your material in this place.

For inquiries, please contact Professor Herrmann-Pillath directly: E-Mail (chepiwe dont want spam@no spamuni-wh.de)

"Prefecture-level Statistics as a Source of Data for Research into Economic Disparities in China" pdf by Herrmann-Pillath, Kirchert and Pan
revised version published by "China Quarterly", december issue 2002.

Readers find the maps as quoted in this paper here:

      Map 1: GDP per capita, Chinese provinces, 1999, deviation from the mean
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      Map 2: GDP per capita, Chinese prefectures, 1999, deviation from the mean
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      Map 3: Average growth rate of real GDP per capita, Chinese prefectures, 1993-1999, deviation from the mean
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      Map 4: GDP per capita, Chinese prefectures, 1993
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      Map 5: The Lower Yangzi Delta Region, GDP per capita 1999, deviation from mean
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      Map 6: Absolute growth of the share of the primary sector in GDP, 1993-1999
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      Map 7: Absolute growth of the share of non-agricultural population in total population, 1993-1999
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      Map 8: Average growth rate of rural real per capita income, Chinese prefectures, deviation from the mean, 1993-1999
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      Map 9: Relation between urban and rural real per capita income, Chinese prefectures, 1999
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"Disparities in Chinese Economic Development: Comparing Approaches on Different Levels of Aggregation" pdf
by Herrmann-Pillath, Kirchert and Pan Jiancheng

The revised version of this paper has been published in the March issue of the journal "Economic Systems" 2002.

Readers of this paper will find additional tables and data here: pdf

"The Impact of Knowledge Diffusion and Absorptive Capacity on Regional Economic Development in China, 1978-1998" pdf by Daniel Kirchert

"Territorial Competition, Provision of Local Public Goods, and the Role of the State in China. The Report on Gujiao Municipality" pdf by Feng Xingyuan, Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, Li Yang and Zhao Zhiyun

This is the Chinese background paper to the article:
"Competitive Governments, Fiscal Arrangements, and the Provision of Local Public Infrastructure in China

A Theory-driven Study of Gujiao Municipality", accepted for publication in: China Information, Vol. 18(4), 2004.