“Lock-in Effect” to Be Blamed for Regional Development Imbalances

作     者：陈飞翔 黎开颜 刘佳 

作者机构：Professor Institute of Economics Tongji University Ph.D School of Economics and Management Tongji University 

出 版 物：《China Economist》 (中国经济学人（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2008年第3卷第3期

页      面：53-64页

学科分类：02[经济学] 0201[经济学-理论经济学] 020105[经济学-世界经济] 

主　　题：Lock-in effect Regional disparity Factor input Openness. 

摘      要：Reform and opening up has made China’s economy develop faster than ever. But it has not succeeded in changing the regional disparity in China. In this article, we establish a model factor input called the lock-in effect and analyze the channel of the lock-in effect and how it influences the regional economy. On the analyses of thirty provinces’ panel data in China from 1990 to 2005, we find that the lock-in effect of factor inputs further exacerbates the developmental imbalance among regions.