SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: A COMPARISON OF EAST ASIA AND EUROPE

  1. KAZUNOBU HAYAKAWA1,
  2. ZHENG JI2,
  3. AYAKO OBASHI3

Article first published online: 22 NOV 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2011.00143.x

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The Developing Economies

The Developing Economies

Volume 49, Issue 4, pages 363–381, December 2011

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HAYAKAWA, K., JI, Z. and OBASHI, A. (2011), SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: A COMPARISON OF EAST ASIA AND EUROPE. The Developing Economies, 49: 363–381. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2011.00143.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Bangkok Research Center, Japan External Trade Organization, Bangkok, Thailand

  2. 2

    Graduate School of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

  3. 3

    Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

  1. We are grateful to two anonymous referees of this journal, Toshitaka Gokan, and Tomohiro Machikita for their invaluable comments.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 NOV 2011
  2. Article first published online: 22 NOV 2011
  3. First version received September 2009; final version accepted June 2011

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Keywords:

  • Agglomeration;
  • Fragmentation;
  • East Asia;
  • Europe
  • N64;
  • N65;
  • R11;
  • R12

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.

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