九一果冻制作厂

九一果冻制作厂经济学前沿高端讲座第八十叁讲
 The Political Economy Origins of Economic Geography

主讲人：王学博 副教授（上海财经大学经济学院）

主持人：谢明佳 助理教授（九一果冻制作厂李安民经济研究院）

嘉宾介绍：刘仁良 助理教授（九一果冻制作厂李安民经济研究院）

时间：2025年5月16日（周五） 10:00 – 11:30（北京时间）

地点：九一果冻制作厂崇山校区五洲园一楼会议室

线上地址：腾讯会议846-7809-5157

语言：中文/英文

摘要：In China, central cities like Shanghai generate spillover effects on their peripheries, while Beijing exhibits siphon effects, concentrating resources and constraining surrounding regions’ development. This study investigates the political economy origins of these contrasting economic geography patterns, focusing on how government- versus market-dominated resource allocation shapes China’s spatial economic landscape. We hypothesize that market-driven resource allocation enables resources to flow freely across regions, preventing boundary discontinuities and promoting spillover effects, while government-dominated allocation concentrates resources in administrative centers, inducing siphon effects. Using a regression discontinuity design with high-resolution kilometer-level GDP grid data, we quantify siphon effects by estimating economic development discontinuities across central city borders. Provincial-level panel data analysis reveals a significant negative correlation between marketization level and discontinuity magnitude, suggesting that marketization may mitigate siphon effects. Mechanism analysis indicates that marketization reduces discontinuities by alleviating resource misallocation between central cities and their peripheries, fostering balanced regional development. 

主讲人介绍：

王学博，上海财经大学经济学院副教授。主要研究领域为应用微观经济学，包括发展经济学与劳动经济学，目前侧重于政治经济学、公共经济学以及经济史方面的实证研究；研究成果发表 Journal of Development Economics，获第八届张培刚发展经济学优秀成果奖。