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SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: A COMPARISON OF EAST ASIA AND EUROPE
Author(s) -
HAYAKAWA KAZUNOBU,
JI ZHENG,
OBASHI AYAKO
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the developing economies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1746-1049
pISSN - 0012-1533
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2011.00143.x
Subject(s) - economic geography , spatial distribution , distribution (mathematics) , east asia , production (economics) , geography , economy , economics , china , mathematical analysis , remote sensing , mathematics , archaeology , macroeconomics
Inspired by the observed contrasting patterns of geographical distribution of the electric machinery industry in East Asia and Europe, this paper conducts an empirical clarification of the difference in spatial relationships in industry sizes among countries within a region by use of spatial econometric techniques. The results indicate that, while the size of the electric machinery industry in a country is positively correlated with that of neighboring countries in East Asia, there is no significant spatial correlation in Europe. Such a difference in spatial interdependence has important implications for economic development in those regions.