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Has the county-to-district reform enhanced entrepreneurial activity? Evidence from emerging cities in China
Using staggered-implemented Incorporating-Counties-into-Prefectures Policy as an exogeneous shock, this paper explores how urbanization promotes entrepreneurial activities. A battery of specifications verifies a positive effect of ICIP policy on firm entry. Mechanism analysis implies expanded market demand, increased supply of higher-quality production factors, and improved institutional environment help explain the phenomenon. Unlike market-driven urbanization in Western countries, this paper emphasizes the role of government-led urban expansion policies in developing nations, highlighting their potential to accelerate urbanization, industrial upgrading, and entrepreneurships in underdeveloped regions.
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The China Economic Review publishes original works of scholarship which add to the knowledge of the economy of China and to economies as a discipline. We seek, in particular, papers dealing with policy, performance and institutional change. Empirical papers normally use a formal model, a data set, and standard statistical techniques. Submissions are subjected to double-blind peer review.