中国城镇化:新经济地理理论的演绎

China's Urbanization: An Interpretation of New Economic Geography

基于城镇化广阔的前景,新型城镇化问题受到许多人的关注。从新经济地理理论的角度来看,城市化的过程强调生产规模报酬递增效应和拥挤效应的作用。本文将围绕这个主题展开,分析新型城镇化在这一理论框架下能否成功推进,是否能够带来行业机会,从而得到更加科学和可行的结论。

The new-type urbanization has attracted more and more attentions due to its promising future. From the new economic geography theory (NEG) point of view, urbanization process puts a strong emphasis on the role played by increasing returns to scale of production and crowding out effect. In this paper, based on the NEG theory, we provide an analysis on questions such as whether the new-type urbanization will be successfully carried out, can it create more jobs. By doing so, we hope to reach a more scientific and practical conclusion.