Empirical research on measurement of agglomeration level in producer services: a case in Liaoning Province

The industrial agglomeration is an inevitable outcome of industry evolution as a kind of geographical phenomenon in the economic development process of all countries,w hich in reaction to the regional economic grow th through the positive externalities. Therefore industrial agglomeration and regional economic development are mutually reinforcing. Taking Liaoning Province as a case,the agglomeration level of producer services is measured through the combination w ay of the spatial Gini coefficient and location quotient from the w hole and local perspectives. It is found that there exists the phenomenon of industrial agglomeration in Liaoning producer services but w ith low level,and it is not balanced at the perspectives of provincial and municipal levels. The agglomeration rate of service industry is lagging behind the development of manufacturing industry. The influence factors of the agglomeration level in producer services are found and analyzed in order to provide theoretical basis for the development of producer services in Liaoning Province.