Financial Industry Agglomeration And Regional Economic Development

Finance is the core of modern economy, which influences the economy through setting effect on the capital market and the real economy. The formation of concentration will produce economies of scale, lower transportation costs, and capital and knowledge spillovers, and thereby promoting economic growth. By extension, out of the study of financial concentration is particularly important.The Yangtze River Delta economic circle is one of the most dynamic regions in China, and the development of finance industry is the most prominent. Therefore, taking the Yangtze River Delta economic circle as an example to make an empirical analysis the relationship between the financial Industry cluster and regional economic growth is of typical significance. And the conclusion based on it can be referenced by other regions.For a long time, the construction of an international financial center is an unavoidable topic in our country. Not too long ago, the State Council approved in principle to promote the construction of Shanghai international financial center, which make this issue receive an unprecedented specificity and urgency. The formation of financial center is the result of the financial clustering. Industrial agglomeration is related to regional development. Therefore, the research of financial Industry agglomeration and regional economic development is with the double meaning of theory and practice.This paper is divided into six parts of the discussion. The first chapter is the introduction which mainly introduces the research background, content frameworks and innovations. The second chapter is the literature review, which system combing the existing literature and views. The third chapter sets out the related theories of the financial Industry gathering and optimizing Industrial structure, and the internal mechanism of reciprocal causation of both. The fourth chapter takes the Yangtze River Delta economic circle as an example to make an empirical test of the financial gathering in Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta regional economic development, which based on data from 1995 to 2007. This part attempts to verify theoretical analysis of the third chapter. This chapter first shows the financial status of The Yangtze River Delta to prove the existence of the financial clustering in Shanghai. Then do regression analysis for the relationship between financial clustering and economic growth. The regression analysis can be divided into two parts, the first is to verify the financial clustering in Shanghai has some impact on the Yangtze River Delta economic aggregates; the second is to verify that the financial clustering in Shanghai effects the Industrial structure optimization. The fifth part is based on the reality of the construction of Shanghai international financial center. With SWOT analysis, summarize the strengths,weaknesses,opportunities,threats in Shanghai, and put forward ideas for further construction. Chapter six proposed the policy recommendations of construction of Shanghai international financial center which is based on the previous paper. In this chapter, this paper emphasizes two aspects. The first is to strengthen the overall financial system and the construction of Shanghai. The second is to use the Yangtze River Delta as an economic hinterland, vigorously promote financial cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta, play this as a path of the financial center radiation effects on the region.