| Publication type: | Book part |
| Type of review: | Not specified |
| Title: | Special economic zones and the political economy of place-based policies |
| Authors: | Hartwell, Christopher A. |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-642-36203-3_141-1 |
| Published in: | Handbook of Regional Science |
| Editors of the parent work: | Fischer, Manfred M. Nijkamp, Peter |
| Issue Date: | 2019 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Springer |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Berlin |
| ISBN: | 978-3-642-36203-3 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject (DDC): | 330: Economics |
| Abstract: | Special economic zones (SEZs) have a long pedigree in the history of regional policy, given that they deal explicitly with a strictly bounded geographical area artificially delineated from the rest of a country. As a distinct region with separate economic policies for the country surrounding it, SEZs both reflect the institutional nature of the country in which they reside but also are often used as an area for institutional experimentation. Tracing the evolution of SEZs in the modern era beginning in China and working through modern variants of the SEZ concept, this chapter explores special economic zones and the (lack of) animating theories behind their existence, drawing particularly on new economic geography and advances in regional science. More importantly, this chapter explores the functioning of economic relationships within an SEZ and its arrangement of institutions in a small geographic space, trying to understand the relationship of SEZs with the countries which birthed them. Are SEZs a substitute for organically generated institutions of growth, including networks/clusters and agglomeration? Do SEZs succeed in increasing growth or fostering the environment for the building blocks of growth, i.e. human capital, technological progress, or capital accumulation? And do SEZs succeed in forging broader institutional change for other regions of a country? Drawing on classic and recent scholarship in this area, this chapter illuminates the promises and pitfalls of SEZs for regional policy. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/22539 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | International Management Institute (IMI) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Hartwell, C. A. (2019). Special economic zones and the political economy of place-based policies. In M. M. Fischer & P. Nijkamp (Eds.), Handbook of Regional Science. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36203-3_141-1
Hartwell, C.A. (2019) ‘Special economic zones and the political economy of place-based policies’, in M.M. Fischer and P. Nijkamp (eds) Handbook of Regional Science. Berlin: Springer. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36203-3_141-1.
C. A. Hartwell, “Special economic zones and the political economy of place-based policies,” in Handbook of Regional Science, M. M. Fischer and P. Nijkamp, Eds. Berlin: Springer, 2019. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-36203-3_141-1.
HARTWELL, Christopher A., 2019. Special economic zones and the political economy of place-based policies. In: Manfred M. FISCHER und Peter NIJKAMP (Hrsg.), Handbook of Regional Science. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-36203-3
Hartwell, Christopher A. 2019. “Special Economic Zones and the Political Economy of Place-Based Policies.” In Handbook of Regional Science, edited by Manfred M. Fischer and Peter Nijkamp. Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36203-3_141-1.
Hartwell, Christopher A. “Special Economic Zones and the Political Economy of Place-Based Policies.” Handbook of Regional Science, edited by Manfred M. Fischer and Peter Nijkamp, Springer, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36203-3_141-1.
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