Domestically “Flying Geese”: Regional manufacturing investment flows within China
This paper examines the evolving patterns of bilateral city-to-city manufacturing investment flows from 2000 to 2015 in China, which are aggregated from detailed firm-level investment transactions based on the administrative business registration database. The coastal regions were a more favorable d...
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| author | Zhang, Jialiang Zhang, Xiaobo |
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| description | This paper examines the evolving patterns of bilateral city-to-city manufacturing investment flows from 2000 to 2015 in China, which are aggregated from detailed firm-level investment transactions based on the administrative business registration database. The coastal regions were a more favorable destination for manufacturing investment prior to 2006 despite their higher wage levels. Since then, the trend has reversed, that is, the inland regions have attracted a growing share of manufacturing investment. The pattern is more pronounced for labor-intensive manufacturing industries. The wage gap between coastal and inland cities is the main driver behind the giant “flying geese”—the relocation of manufacturing firms from coastal to inland areas. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1314542025-10-26T12:52:39Z Domestically “Flying Geese”: Regional manufacturing investment flows within China Zhang, Jialiang Zhang, Xiaobo investment manufacturing geography trends labour wage rates economic activities industrial relocation This paper examines the evolving patterns of bilateral city-to-city manufacturing investment flows from 2000 to 2015 in China, which are aggregated from detailed firm-level investment transactions based on the administrative business registration database. The coastal regions were a more favorable destination for manufacturing investment prior to 2006 despite their higher wage levels. Since then, the trend has reversed, that is, the inland regions have attracted a growing share of manufacturing investment. The pattern is more pronounced for labor-intensive manufacturing industries. The wage gap between coastal and inland cities is the main driver behind the giant “flying geese”—the relocation of manufacturing firms from coastal to inland areas. 2023-07-28 2023-08-08T09:33:04Z 2023-08-08T09:33:04Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131454 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293830_11 https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewab008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102717 https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.31.1.49 Limited Access Oxford University Press Zhang, Jialiang; and Zhang, Xiaobo. 2023. Domestically “Flying Geese”: Regional manufacturing investment flows within China. World Bank Economic Review 37(3): 460-478. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhad010 |
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| title | Domestically “Flying Geese”: Regional manufacturing investment flows within China |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Domestically “Flying Geese”: Regional manufacturing investment flows within China |
| title_short | Domestically “Flying Geese”: Regional manufacturing investment flows within China |
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| topic | investment manufacturing geography trends labour wage rates economic activities industrial relocation |
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