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...

Using micro-level data, this paper examines the effects of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) on firms’ pollution emissions in China. Our results show that the establishment of SEZs in China lowers SEZ firms’ air pollution by at least 13%. Incumbents play the major role in generating this effect....

General Report: Annual Report on the Development of China's Special Economic Zones (2020) -- Chapter 1: Report on the Development of the Green Industrial Transformation of China's Special Economic Zones -- Chapter 2: Report on Carbon Productivity and Sustainable Development of China's Special...

Chapter 1: Introduction to Industrial Hubs and Economic Catch-up -- Chapter 2: The Theory and Practice of Industrial Hubs and Economic Catch-up -- Chapter 3: Asian Industrial Hubs and Catch-up: The Case for Development Incubators -- Chapter 4: African Industrial Hubs and Industrialization:...

1. The Ideology of the BRI -- 2. The determinants of China's participation in the financing of infrastructure and public services in Africa -- 3. Money is the anthem of success: A Big Data Approach to Exploring the Role of BATX Companies in the Internationalisation of the Yuan -- 4. China’s...