Research On The Influence Of Industrial Clusters In Regional Economic Growth

Industrial cluster is a new economic phenomenon which occurs accompanying regional economic growth. Not only local Industrial clusters form the economic development spatial framework, but also they are the "economic growth pole". For example, France's clothing manufacturing, brewery clusters, Germany's fine instrument manufacturing, USA's automobile manufacturing in Detroit, and more than 70% of manufacturing industry's output, 30% of the employment, 40% of the export is done in industrial clusters. It also appears this kind of industry group in China's history, such as the pottery of Jing de-zhen and Foshan, the silk of Su Nan, etc. After the reform and open-door policy, more areas appear the agglomeration effect, such as boot-making and metal making industrial clusters in Wenzhou, electronic accessory, computer hardware and software, apparel, furniture, etc. clusters in Zhu River Triangle Development zone. Industrial clusters attract and root the global floating capital, and make uses of it to make good fortune in region; meanwhile, they promote the competitiveness of the region.In order to study on the effect of industrial clusters on the regional economic growth, firstly, the thesis investigates the literature about industrial clusters theory and economic growth theory; and it analyzes how agglomeration affects regional economic growth, and it points out that except from three visible assets, that is, earth, labor and capital, knowledge capital and organization capital (invisible capital) are also important to economic growth. In industrial clusters, the five factors are magnified by the agglomeration effect. This effect can be broken into three parts, that is, outside scale economy, outside scope economy and multiplier effect. Secondly, it gets the economic growth model about agglomeration and regional economic growth by using of location theory and endogentic economic growth theory, and it explains the mechanism of industrial clusters affecting economic growth.Thirdly, it works out A index to measure the agglomeration after studying the limitation of Gini location Index.Fourthly, it sets up practical model to analyze the relationship between agglomeration and economic growth in Dalian using corresponding statistic data. Lastly, the thesis sheds a new light on making industrial clusters and regional development policy...