Economic complexity methods have become popular tools in economic geography,
international development and innovation studies. Here, I review economic complexity …

The idea that skills, technology, and knowledge, are spatially concentrated, has a long
academic tradition. Yet, only recently this hypothesis has been empirically formalized and …

This paper studies the consequences of China's recent water pollution regulation. We find
evidence that the regulation reduces pollution-intensive activity in highly regulated areas …

What are the intrinsic connections between economic complexity and sustainability
dimensions? To address this question, we have conducted the first Systematic Mapping …

In recent years economic complexity has grown into an active field of fundamental and
applied research. Yet, despite important advances, the policy implications of economic …

Liberalization of trade and facilitation of investment are deepened under the Pilot Free Trade
Zone (FTZ) policy, which have created unprecedented business opportunities for the port …

Improving total factor productivity (TFP) promotes high-quality development. This study
estimates the TFP of 284 cities in China for the period 2006–18, and constructs a time …

Academic attention has been increasingly focused on the relationship between the practice
of development zones and firm innovation. This paper explores the impact effect and …

Currently, China is experiencing rapid urbanization, while most cities with a persistent
population loss are experiencing urban expansion. This seemingly contradictory pattern of …

We develop a theoretical framework, which facilitates the investigation of spillover effects on
productive performance under the lens of path dependence, technological relatedness, and …