Configurations for Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Quanzhou Regional Economic Integration--Based on Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Achieving mutual benefits in the process of city cluster integration is the core of sustainable regional economic development. This means the core city is driving and avoids the siphon effect. Therefore, it is crucial to analyse which factors affect the differences in integration outcomes. In this paper, for the 28 districts and counties of Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Quanzhou City Cluster, we use FsQCA to analyse the configuration of the impacts of five conditions, namely, urbanization, infrastructure development, level of public services, degree of government intervention, and industrial structure, on the intensity of the districts and counties’ economic linkages. This paper obtains four group conditions of high economic linkage intensity and seven paths leading to low economic linkage intensity. And in this regard, it puts forward suggestions such as constructing a mechanism for coordinated development of regional industries and accelerating the convenient sharing of public services.