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The unbalanced development of regional economics in Beijing has induced ubiquitous regional economic disparities which may affect the sustainable development of the economy and social stability. How to alleviate this unbalanced status is an important issue faced by both society and government. As would be expected the impact of the Olympic Games had the potential to boost the economy of the host city, however it is not clear whether such an event could narrow any regional economic disparities. In order to investigate the influence of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on the development of regional economics, this study examines the space-time dynamics of the economic development of Beijing from the year in which Beijing were successful in their bid (2001) using exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA). The analysis was based on the county level and measure index of the regional per capita gross domestic product (GDP). The results do not show strong evidence of global spatial autocorrelation, but do give clear evidence of local spatial autocorrelation and spatial heterogeneity in the distribution of regional per capita GDP. The total economic disparity in Beijing was not alleviated by the drive to win the bid of the 2008 Olympics, and the financial and social situations became even more complicated. The speed of economic increase of the Changping and Shijingshan Districts was significantly lower than some neighboring regions, causing a new central polarization scheme gradually replaced the North–south polarization scheme that existed in Beijing between 2001 and 2007.
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This study was funded through support from a grant (Project Number: 2006AA120106) from the High-Tech Research and Development Programme of China, a grant from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-YW-QN303), a grant from the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research (Project Number: 200905004).
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Ma, X., Pei, T. (2012). Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis of Regional Economic Disparities in Beijing During 2001–2007. In: Yeh, A., Shi, W., Leung, Y., Zhou, C. (eds) Advances in Spatial Data Handling and GIS. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25926-5_4
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