Globally, special economic zones (SEZs) are created to boost exports and promote investment by providing units located inside the zones with certain fiscal and non-fiscal incentives that are not available to and/or are different from those given to units in the domestic tariff area (DTA). In...

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 Russian Federation has the biggest land area in the Arctic and has been gradually expanding its definition by joining new regions and territories that previously were not considered Arctic to its Arctic Zone of Russian Federation (AZFR). In recent years, two incentivizing programmes, 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....

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...

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...

Chapter 1. Special Economic Zones: Goals and Definitions -- Chapter 2. Special Economic Zones: a Policy and Organisational Analysis -- Chapter 3. Special Economic Zones Worldwide: Governance Models and Regulations for Work -- Chapter 4. Special Economic Zones in Italy.