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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Main Authors: Min Wu, Chong Liu, Jiuli Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. 2021-12-01
Series:China Economic Quarterly International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666933121000502