Military-Civil fusion and optimisation of urban industrial structure—an evidence from China

China’s military-civil fusion (MCF) policy has attracted global attention. Since 2010, China has constructed over 30 MCF national demonstration bases (MCFNDBs) to optimise local industrial structure and promote local economic development. However, the evaluation of the actual economic effects of the...

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Main Authors: Zhaobin Sun, Xiwei Liu, Ling Li, Xiaoliang Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:Cogent Economics & Finance
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23322039.2022.2101221
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Xiwei Liu
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description China’s military-civil fusion (MCF) policy has attracted global attention. Since 2010, China has constructed over 30 MCF national demonstration bases (MCFNDBs) to optimise local industrial structure and promote local economic development. However, the evaluation of the actual economic effects of these MCFNDBs has not reached a consensus. We use panel data for 285 cities from 2006–2017 to investigate the economic effect of MCFNDBs by difference-in-difference estimation. We find that constructing MCFNDBs are significantly beneficial to upgrading the urban industrial structure in less developed regions and provincial capital cities; however, it plays an insignificant role in the industrial structure rationalisation.
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spelling doaj.art-288cc414b748475fbb4f0b8ebcd722322022-12-22T02:33:15ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Economics & Finance2332-20392022-12-0110110.1080/23322039.2022.2101221Military-Civil fusion and optimisation of urban industrial structure—an evidence from ChinaZhaobin Sun0Xiwei Liu1Ling Li2Xiaoliang Yang3School of Finance and Economics, Wuhan College, Wuhan, ChinaOffice of Academic Research, Wuhan College, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Finance and Economics, Wuhan College, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Public Finance and Taxation, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, ChinaChina’s military-civil fusion (MCF) policy has attracted global attention. Since 2010, China has constructed over 30 MCF national demonstration bases (MCFNDBs) to optimise local industrial structure and promote local economic development. However, the evaluation of the actual economic effects of these MCFNDBs has not reached a consensus. We use panel data for 285 cities from 2006–2017 to investigate the economic effect of MCFNDBs by difference-in-difference estimation. We find that constructing MCFNDBs are significantly beneficial to upgrading the urban industrial structure in less developed regions and provincial capital cities; however, it plays an insignificant role in the industrial structure rationalisation.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23322039.2022.2101221military-civil fusionindustrial structure optimisationindustrial upgradingindustrial rationalisationdifference-in-differenceC23
spellingShingle Zhaobin Sun
Xiwei Liu
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Military-Civil fusion and optimisation of urban industrial structure—an evidence from China
Cogent Economics & Finance
military-civil fusion
industrial structure optimisation
industrial upgrading
industrial rationalisation
difference-in-difference
C23
title Military-Civil fusion and optimisation of urban industrial structure—an evidence from China
title_full Military-Civil fusion and optimisation of urban industrial structure—an evidence from China
title_fullStr Military-Civil fusion and optimisation of urban industrial structure—an evidence from China
title_full_unstemmed Military-Civil fusion and optimisation of urban industrial structure—an evidence from China
title_short Military-Civil fusion and optimisation of urban industrial structure—an evidence from China
title_sort military civil fusion and optimisation of urban industrial structure an evidence from china
topic military-civil fusion
industrial structure optimisation
industrial upgrading
industrial rationalisation
difference-in-difference
C23
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23322039.2022.2101221
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