关键词: 市场潜能, 经济增长, 地理距离, 空间溢出效应

Abstract:

This paper regards the GDP per capita and market potential as indicators of economic growth and its spillover effect index respectively, and based on space measurement method investigates 285 prefecture-level cities' 2004-2013 economic growth spillovers variation over time and geographical distanceThe results are as follows: on one hand, the spillover effect of economic growth increases with the passage of time, on the other hand, decreases as the geographical distance increases.We find that spillover effect is strong within 800 km and strongest within 300 km, while over 800 km, the spillover effect becomes indirect.It shows that the most effective space overflow ranges in scope from one to two provinces.Compared with prefecture-level cities's administrative boundaries, the provincial administrative boundaries have a more obvious effect on economic growth spatial spillover.

Key words: market potential, economic growth, geographical distance, spatial spillover effect