Management Review ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (2): 77-86.

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Research on the Impact of Industrial Agglomeration on Dairy Product Quality and Safety: Empirical Analysis Based on Provincial Panel Data in China

Zheng Jiyuan1, Wang Haiyan2, Hu Hao1   

  1. 1. College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095;
    2. School of Management and E-business, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018
  • Received:2020-03-27 Online:2021-02-28 Published:2021-03-08

Abstract: China's dairy industry is in the stage of high investment and high growth, and is changing to a stage of high quality and safer development. Improving the quality and safety level of dairy products has become a must in the development of China's dairy industry. In this paper, the relationship between industrial agglomeration and dairy product quality and safety and its mechanism are investigated by using the provincial panel data from 2002 to 2016. The results show that: industrial agglomeration can significantly improve the quality and safety level of dairy products in China, and the results are still robust after considering the endogenous problems and index transformation. Regional heterogeneity analysis shows that industrial agglomeration plays a more important role in improving the quality and safety of dairy products in eastern China. Further mechanism verification shows that industrial agglomeration promotes the quality and safety of dairy products through government supervision. Therefore, we should scientifically examine the relationship between industrial agglomeration and dairy product quality and safety, guide industrial agglomeration through reasonable macro policies, improve the effectiveness of government supervision, and promote the safe and healthy development of dairy industry.

Key words: industrial agglomeration, dairy products, quality and safety, government supervision, empirical analysis