STICERD Work in Progress Seminars
Political Hierarchy, Centralization of Governance and Regional Development: Evidence from China
Shiyu Bo (STICERD, LSE)
Friday 14 March 2014 13:00 - 14:00
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About this event
This project is about the effect of centralization of governance on regional development. A simple theoretical framework implies that centralization can internalize spillovers from agglomeration externalities but will bring some incentive problems. I explore the changes in centralization of governance resulted from a reform in political hierarchy in China and accompanied impacts on county-level industrialization and urbanization. The preliminary results from OLS and a fuzzy RD design suggest that after the treatment, industry outputs and non-agricultural population increase.
STICERD Work in Progress seminars are held on Fridays in term time at 13:00-14:00, ONLINE, unless specified otherwise.
Seminar organisers: Philip Barteska and Alix Bonargent
For further information please contact Lubala Chibwe: l.chibwe@lse.ac.uk.
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