Competition among cities for export trade brings diversification: The experience of China's urban export trade development.

ABSTRACT: Market competition is considered to have a significant impact on product diversification, but related issues are rarely discussed on a city scale. To analyze the diversification of export commodities and export market of 270 Chinese cities, this study uses data from 2000 to 2017 based on the commodity concentration index, market concentration index, export similarity index, spatial stratified heterogeneity, and the Almon lag model. The study's findings are: (1) The diversification of exports in most Chinese cities increased, which was higher in more developed cities in the southeast than in less developed ones in the northwest. With time, the degree of commodity and market diversification in some developed southeast Chinese cities (e.g., Shanghai) declined. This indicates the difference in

SUBMITTER: Li E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9477325 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature