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Category Article
Author Xu, Hangtian : Kentaro Nakajima
Article Title Highways and Industrial Development in the Peripheral Regions of China
Institution Papers in Regional Science
Volume Vol.96
Number No.2
Page pp. 325-356
Date 2017/06/01
Abstract This study estimates how highways affected industrial development in China's peripheral regions between 1998 and 2007, a period during which China experienced rapid growth in highway mileage. Highways between major cities pass through some counties but not others. Based on this difference in counties’ access to highways, we conduct a difference‐in‐difference propensity score matching estimation, with the treatment variables being counties’ highway connection status and their industrial performance before and after being connected to a highway. We find that highways promote industrial development in counties with higher output and greater investment levels. Moreover, highways have differential impacts across industries and regions.
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URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pirs.12198
Label 経済学
Register date 2017/06/01

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