Special Economic Zones (SEZ) have become the forefront in China to test legal and technological reforms for digital trade. This chapter explores three cutting-edge case studies in China’s SEZs: the Beijing blockchain-based Single Window deposit box; newly established big data exchanges in...

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...

The Catawba Digital Economic Zone (“CDEZ”) achieved a number of firsts when it launched in late 2022: the world’s first entirely virtual special jurisdiction devoted to financial services using technologies like blockchains, cryptocurrencies, digital assets, and artificial intelligence...

Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) is an important initiative for China to continuously deepen reforms and expand openness. Using 273 prefecture-level and above cities in China as the study population, panel data from 2010 to 2019 were selected and a multi-period double difference method with a spatial...

The study evaluates the impact of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) on household welfare (per capita consumption expenditure (PCE) and poverty status) in Ghana using the Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey Dataset. SEZs spillover effect on household welfare within a binary treatment condition may lead...

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...