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| ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLUTION OF REGIONAL ECONOMY DISPARITY IN HUNAN PROVINCE ON MULTI-SCALE |
| TANG Chang-chun1, LIU Hua-dan2, YUAN Dong-mei3 |
1. School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China;
2. School of Economics and Management, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China;
3. School of Business, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China |
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Abstract This paper analyzes the evolution of regional economic disparity in Hunan province during 1990 to 2013, based on three scales-county level, municipality level, plate level, using four indexes-range, standard deviation, weighted variation coefficient and Theil index. Furthermore, a Theil index decomposition analysis is performed for regional economic disparity in whole province, dividing the disparity into two parts-disparity among four plates of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan, Dongting Lake, the Southern Hunan, the Western Hunan and disparity among counties inside the four plates. On this basis, this paper interprets main factors for the formation and evolution of regional economic disparity in Hunan province, therefore to provide policy suggestions for the coordinated development of regional economy. According to above analysis, the results show that:1)Regional economic disparities in three scales is increasing in different degree, while the relative disparities tend to steady or declining since 2010. 2)General economic disparity in Human province presents a leveled "M" curve, divided into four stages:gradually increasing, continually declining, rising again, tends to converge. 3)On the whole, The disparity contribution rate inside four plates is greater than that among four plates, average annual contribution rate is 59.53% and 40.47% respectively. To 51.35% during 1990-2009, tending to decline and stabilize recently. 4)The main factors for the disparity formation and evolution including natural condition, social factors, economic development stage, traffic construction, regional development strategy and national macro-regional policy.
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Received: 24 September 2015
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2016, Vol. 31 
