The international regional economic integration is developing to a broader and higher standard. The BRICS countries have been cooperating for a long time. As the representatives of the emerging economies of the world, the establishment of a free trade zone by the BRICS can not only promote...

If the domestic market operates under an inefficient economic structure, then access to foreign markets can lead to long-term benefits. In this paper, we examine the effect of free trade zones (FTZs), a progressive trade liberalization program, on corporate innovation. By using data on Chinese...

Development Zones (DZs) are an important spatial carrier for the urban government to guide the allocation of industrial resources, and tax incentives are one of the important policy instruments in the DZs. This study combines Basic Tax Competition (BTC) theory, New Economic Geography (NEG)...

We measure the green technology innovation efficiency of 288 cities in China from static and dynamic dimensions using the [[EQUATION]] model and [[EQUATION]] Index and employ the "Difference in Difference" (DID) model to evaluate the impact of FTZs construction on green technology innovation...

Vietnam has integrated into global value chains through the establishment of special economic zones (SEZs). This paper examines the local labour-market impacts of this programme, building on a unique dataset of SEZs in combination with labour force survey (LFS) data. Using historical satellite...

This paper identifies the importance of reducing fixed costs for establishing industrial zones as part of an agglomeration policy. China's economic growth has been driven by the agglomeration of manufacturing firms via industrial zones that attract foreign direct investment. This investment...

Do Special Economic Zones (SEZs) increase local economic activities in developing countries? This paper explores this question by examining the aggregate district economic effects of SEZs, a place-based development policy in Ethiopia. The study relies on time and district variation in the...