Most cited papers in Economic Zones and Regional Development
What are the most cited papers in Economic Zones and Regional Development?
The most cited paper in Economic Zones and Regional Development is "Location and the Multinational Enterprise: A Neglected Factor?" (John H. Dunning, 1998), with 2,455 citations. Next come "Global Assemblages: Technology, Politics, and Ethics as Anthropological Problems" (1,933) and "Foreign direct investment and relative wages: Evidence from Mexico's maquiladoras" (1,633).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 180 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Location and the Multinational Enterprise: A Neglected Factor? John H. Dunning · Journal of International Business Studies | Mar 1998 | 2,455 |
| 2 | Global Assemblages: Technology, Politics, and Ethics as Anthropological Problems Ulf Hannerz · American Anthropologist | 13 Feb 2006 | 1,933 |
| 3 | Foreign direct investment and relative wages: Evidence from Mexico's maquiladoras Robert C. Feenstra, Gordon Hanson · Journal of International Economics | May 1997 | 1,633 |
| 4 | Cities in a World Economy Saskia Sassen · Gebr. Mann Verlag eBooks | 2019 | 1,406 |
| 5 | The Chinese Economy. Transitions and Growth Peter J. Yang · Asian Business & Management | 25 Nov 2008 | 1,261 |
| 6 | Global and world cities: a view from off the map Jennifer Robinson · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | Sep 2002 | 1,247 |
| 7 | Understanding China's Belt & Road Initiative: Motivation, framework and assessment Yiping Huang · China Economic Review | 31 Jul 2016 | 941 |
| 8 | The economic impact of Special Economic Zones: Evidence from Chinese municipalities Wang Jin · Journal of Development Economics | 12 Nov 2012 | 876 |
| 9 | International Financial Statistics Susan L. Kendall · Reference Reviews | Jun 2003 | 874 |
| 10 | Location and Space-Economy. Frank H. Hahn, Walter Isard · The Economic Journal | Jun 1958 | 837 |
| 11 | Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese Economic Reform 1978–1993 Samuel P. S. Ho · Pacific Affairs | Mar 1996 | 828 |
| 12 | Selling China: Foreign Direct Investment during the Reform Era Lucian W. Pye, Yasheng Huang, Andrew Wedeman · Foreign Affairs | 2004 | 696 |
| 13 | American business abroad Charles Poor Kindleberger · The International Executive | Mar 1969 | 691 |
| 14 | The role of transport infrastructure in international tourism development: A gravity model approach Jameel Khadaroo, Boopen Seetanah · Tourism Management | Dec 2007 | 669 |
| 15 | Governing China: From Revolution Through Reform D. Campbell · Pacific Affairs | Dec 1995 | 628 |
| 16 | Tourism and Economic Growth: The Case of Mauritius Ramesh Durbarry · Tourism Economics | Dec 2004 | 586 |
| 17 | Does One Belt One Road initiative promote Chinese overseas direct investment? Julan Du, Yifei Zhang · China Economic Review | 5 Sep 2017 | 559 |
| 18 | The Volitional Benefits of Planning Peter M. Gollwitzer · KOPS (University of Konstanz) | 1996 | 527 |
| 19 | Analysis of international tourist arrivals in China: The role of World Heritage Sites Chih‐Hai Yang, Hui‐Lin Lin, Chia-Chun Han · Tourism Management | 24 Sep 2009 | 509 |
| 20 | Motivation behind China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ Initiatives and Establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Yu Hong · Journal of Contemporary China | Nov 2016 | 494 |
| 21 | Place-Based Policies, Creation, and Agglomeration Economies: Evidence from China’s Economic Zone Program Yi Lu, Wang Jin, Lianming Zhu · American Economic Journal Economic Policy | 30 Jul 2019 | 460 |
| 22 | Migradollars and Development: A Reconsideration of the Mexican Case Jorge Durand, Emilio A. Parrado, Douglas S. Massey · International Migration Review | Jun 1996 | 451 |
| 23 | The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth Barry J. Naughton | 2007 | 450 |
| 24 | Economic reforms and industrial policy in a panel of Chinese cities Simon Alder, Lin Shao, Fabrizio Zilibotti · Journal of Economic Growth | 7 May 2016 | 440 |
| 25 | The worldwide maritime network of container shipping: spatial structure and regional dynamics César Ducruet, Theo Notteboom · Global Networks | 14 Mar 2012 | 437 |
| 26 | African Shenzhen: China's special economic zones in Africa Deborah Bräutigam, Xiaoyang Tang · The Journal of Modern African Studies | 11 Feb 2011 | 425 |
| 27 | The role of ports in the making of major cities: Self-agglomeration and hub-effect Masahisa Fujita, Tomoya Mori · Journal of Development Economics | Apr 1996 | 402 |
| 28 | Measuring Chinese domestic and international integration Sandra Poncet · China Economic Review | 2003 | 390 |
| 29 | Beyond Product Cycles and Flying Geese: Regionalization, Hierarchy, and the Industrialization of East Asia Mitchell Bernard, John Ravenhill · World Politics | 1995 | 389 |
| 30 | Industrial Agglomeration and Development: A Survey of Spatial Economic Issues in East Asia and a Statistical Analysis of Chinese Regions C. Cindy Fan, Allen John Scott · Economic Geography | Jul 2003 | 383 |
| 31 | Highway to Success: The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Indian Manufacturing Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover Goswami, William Revill Kerr · The Economic Journal | 29 Oct 2014 | 370 |
| 32 | Trade liberalization and wage inequality H. Otley Beyer, Patricio Rojas, Rodrigo Vergara · Journal of Development Economics | Jun 1999 | 367 |
| 33 | The End of Cheap Chinese Labor Hongbin Li, Li Lei, Binzhen Wu et al. · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Nov 2012 | 363 |
| 34 | The impacts of port infrastructure and logistics performance on economic growth: the mediating role of seaborne trade Ziaul Haque Munim, Hans‐Joachim Schramm · Journal of Shipping and Trade | 22 Jan 2018 | 362 |
| 35 | China's innovation policies: Evolution, institutional structure, and trajectory Liu Feng-chao, Denis Fred Simon, Yu-tao Sun et al. · Research Policy | 19 Jun 2011 | 331 |
| 36 | Promoting exports: the role of inward FDI in China Kevin Honglin Zhang, Shunfeng Song · China Economic Review | Dec 2001 | 327 |
| 37 | Introduction: Place, space and organization-- economic geography and the multinational enterprise Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Philip McCann, Ram Mudambi · Journal of Economic Geography | 28 May 2010 | 310 |
| 38 | A retrospective and agenda for future research on Chinese outward foreign direct investment Peter Jennings Buckley, Jeremy Lawrence Clegg, Hinrich Voss et al. · Journal of International Business Studies | 5 Dec 2017 | 301 |
| 39 | China's Rapid Urbanization Xiao Jin Yang · Science | 17 Oct 2013 | 300 |
| 40 | Completing China's Move to the Market Dwight H. Perkins · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | May 1994 | 299 |
| 41 | The Challenges Facing Landlocked Developing Countries Michael Faye, John W. McArthur, Jeffrey David Sachs et al. · Journal of Human Development | Mar 2004 | 297 |
| 42 | Foreign direct investment and economic growth in Vietnam Sajid Anwar, Lan Phi Nguyen · Asia Pacific Business Review | 2010 | 296 |
| 43 | The Impact of China on Latin America and the Caribbean Rhys Jenkins, Enrique Dussel Peters, Maurício Mesquita Moreira · World Development | 26 Dec 2007 | 294 |
| 44 | The Legacies of Forced Freedom: China's Treaty Ports Ruixue Jia · The Review of Economics and Statistics | 22 Aug 2014 | 293 |
| 45 | Import Substitution and Industrialization in Latin America: Experiences and Interpretations Werner Baer · Latin American Research Review | 1972 | 286 |
| 46 | The role of foreign direct investment in China's post-1978 economic development Chung Chen, Lawrence W. K. Chang, Yimin Zhang · World Development | Apr 1995 | 286 |
| 47 | The birth of edge cities in China: Measuring the effects of industrial parks policy Siqi Zheng, Weizeng Sun, Jianfeng Wu et al. · Journal of Urban Economics | 19 May 2017 | 284 |
| 48 | Tourism space in developing countries Martin Oppermann · Annals of Tourism Research | 1993 | 283 |
| 49 | How does foreign direct investment affect economic growth in China? Kevin Honglin Zhang · Economics of Transition | Nov 2001 | 274 |
| 50 | Remittance Receipt and Business Ownership in the Dominican Republic Catalina Amuedo‐Dorantes, Susan Pozo · World Economy | Jul 2006 | 269 |
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