Economic Analysis of Industrial Agglomeration

Jian Wang is currently assistant professor at the SHU-UTS SILC Business School, Shanghai University. He received his doctorate from Ritsumeikan University, Japan. Dr. Wang’s main research areas of interest are international trade, economic geography, urban economics and environmental economics. His academic papers have been published in Energy Policy, The Annals of Regional Science, Review of Urban and Regional Developments Studies.Wang, J., Lv, K., Bian, Y and Cheng, Y. 2017.  Energy efficiency and marginal carbon dioxide emission abatement cost in urban China. Energy Policy. Vol.105. pp. 246–255.Wang, J and Xu, J. 2015. Home market effect, spatial wages disparity: an empirical reinvestigation of China. The Annals of Regional Science, Vol. 55 No.2.pp.313–333. Wang, J and Zheng,  X. 2013. Industrial agglomeration: Asymmetry of regions and trade costs. Review of Urban and Regional Developments Studies, Vol.25 No.2. pp. 61-78. Wang, J and Zheng, X. 2013. “Agglomeration and dispersion of the gate region and hinterland”, Ritsumeikan Economic Review, Vol. 62 No.1.pp.39-60.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Review of New Economic Geography.- 3 Industrial Agglomeration: A Simulation Model.- 4 Industrial Dispersion: An Analytical Model.- 5 Home Market Effect: New Evidence from China.- 6 Conclusions.