The special economic zones and innovation: Evidence from China
We examine the impact of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) on innovation using China's county-level data from 1985 to 2011. Results show that the establishment of SEZs promotes a county's innovation in terms of application, grant and citation numbers of patents by 15%–25%, 8%–22% and 15%–25%,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.
2021-12-01
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Series: | China Economic Quarterly International |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666933121000502 |