关键词: 西部大开发, 非均衡增长, 扩散与回流, 空间计量经济

Abstract: Based on the theory of growth poles, this paper analyzes the efficiencies of the non-agricultural economic growth and spillovers in the western and eastern regions in the first five years of western development. The empirical results indicate that domestic capital investment is the primary determinant of economic growth, but the marginal product in the western region is only 2/3 of that in the eastern region; FDI is much more productive than domestic capital, but FDI is more productive in the west than in the east; the most dramatic difference between the two regions is in labor productivity. The results also reveal that the central cities in the west have backwash effects, whereas both central cities and rural counties in the western region receive positive spread effects from eastern region. 

Key words: Western development, Unbalanced growth, Spread and backwash, Spatial econometrics