The Impact of Logistics Industry on China’s Regional Economic Growth Based on Theil Index Analysis

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10.2991/icmess-18.2018.299How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Logistics industry; Regional Logistics; Regional economies; Regional disparities

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the impact of logistics industry on China’s regional economic growth. In particular, the input-output relationships in the regions are analyzed based on the biodegradable nature of Theil index method. We find that there is a relatively small interaction effect between logistics industry and economic growth in three regions of China??"the southern coast, the southwest and the northwest regions while there is a significant effect between logistics industry and economic growth in other regions. The results imply the limitation of the growth of logistics industry promoting the region development. This research contributes to further challenging by China in achieving a regionally balanced growth. It argues that the differences should not be ignored and gives suggestions on how to reduce the economic disparities.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Liangliang Chen
AU  - Zhihong Tian
PY  - 2018/06
DA  - 2018/06
TI  - The Impact of Logistics Industry on China’s Regional Economic Growth Based on Theil Index Analysis
BT  - Proceedings of the 2018 2nd International Conference on Management, Education and Social Science (ICMESS 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1358
EP  - 1362
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icmess-18.2018.299
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