Supply of Public Goods, Agglomeration Economy and Urban Growth
YU Jing-jing1,2, HU Si-qi3, ZHOU Jing-kui3
1.Shenzhen Graduate School , Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, China 2.Development Research Center Of Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government, Shenzhen 518035, China; 3.Nankai Institute of Economics,Tianjin 300071, China
Abstract Public goods supply and agglomeration economy are two important factors affecting urban growth. The theoretical part of this paper demonstrates that the increase in the public goods supply and improvement of agglomeration economy is conducive to urban growth towards an intensive mode. Using panel data of 246 cities in China from 1999 to 2011, this paper then tests the theoretical proposition. Results show that the growth of urban space is attributed to the expanding scale of public goods supply and the strengthening effect of agglomeration economy though displaying differences in geography and city scale. Effects of agglomeration economy on urban growth present an inverted U curve, suggesting that the pattern of urban growth is undergoing diversion. Therefore, the government should take active measures to develop agglomeration economy, to optimize the allocation of public goods supply and to achieve radiation and linkage effects of urban growth in the region.
2017, Vol. 34 
