Roles of accessibility, connectivity and spatial interdependence in realizing the economic impact of high-speed rail: Evidence from China

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.03.001

	Roles of accessibility, connectivity and spatial interdependence in realizing the economic impact of high-speed rail: Evidence from China
	Jiao, Jingjuan 1; Wang, Jiaoe 1,2,3; Zhang, Fangni 4; Jin, Fengjun 2,3; Liu, Wei 5,6
刊名	TRANSPORT POLICY
	2020-06-01
卷号	91 页码:1-15
关键词	High-speed rail Economic growth Accessibility Connectivity Neighboring effect
ISSN号	0967-070X
DOI	10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.03.001
通讯作者	Wang, Jiaoe(wangje@igsnrr.ac.cn) ; Zhang, Fangni(fnzhang@hku.hk)
英文摘要	The rapid development of high-speed rail (HSR) in China has raised questions about its implications for regional economic growth. Most existing studies take an aggregate approach to quantify the economic impacts of HSR entrance primarily by inspecting the effect of the dummy variable which reflects the existence of HSR service. This paper takes one step further to investigate how network effects play a role in realizing these impacts. In particular, the effects of location endowment characteristics (evaluated by accessibility and connectivity) enabled by HSR development and the spatial interdependent effects (reflected by neighbors' impacts) are examined. Based on the panel data from China during 2007-2015, we find that when these new factors are taken into account, the effect of the HSR dummy variable (reflecting the existence of HSR service) on regional economic growth is insignificant. On the contrary, the effects of both location endowment measurements, accessibility and connectivity in the railway network, and neighboring effects are significant. These important observations imply that: (1) The economic impact of HSR is largely accomplished by improving accessibility and connectivity in the railway network rather than an isolated presence of HSR infrastructure; (2) The accessibility and connectivity of neighboring cities impact the economic growth of one another; (3) HSR development has generated uneven economic growth concerning the cities in different geographic regions and with different population scales; (4) There is a mismatch between where the accessibility improves the most and where unit improvement generates the largest economic growth; (5) Accessibility and connectivity improvement by railway resulted in a smaller increase in economic growth than that of highway, but larger than those by air and water. These implications shed light on policies regarding multi-modal transport system planning, transport infrastructure investment, and HSR development and operations.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41701126] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41722103] ; Ministry of Education of the People's Republic China[17YJC790064] ; Social Science Foundation of Beijing[17JDYJB008] ; Australian Research Council[DE200101793]
WOS关键词	DOWNS-THOMSON PARADOX ; TRAVEL DEMAND ; GROWTH ; NETWORK ; AIRLINE ; AIR ; COST ; INFRASTRUCTURE ; DETERMINANTS ; DEREGULATION
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics ; Transportation
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000531029700001
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Ministry of Education of the People's Republic China ; Social Science Foundation of Beijing ; Australian Research Council
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/159726]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Wang, Jiaoe; Zhang, Fangni
作者单位	1.Beijing Jiaotong Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Reg Sustainable Dev Modeling, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Resources & Environm, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Univ Hong Kong, Dept Ind & Mfg Syst Engn, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 5.Univ New South Wales, Sch Civil & Environm Engn, Sydney, NSW, Australia 6.Univ New South Wales, Sch Comp Sci & Engn, Sydney, NSW, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jiao, Jingjuan,Wang, Jiaoe,Zhang, Fangni,et al. Roles of accessibility, connectivity and spatial interdependence in realizing the economic impact of high-speed rail: Evidence from China[J]. TRANSPORT POLICY,2020,91:1-15.
APA	Jiao, Jingjuan,Wang, Jiaoe,Zhang, Fangni,Jin, Fengjun,&Liu, Wei.(2020).Roles of accessibility, connectivity and spatial interdependence in realizing the economic impact of high-speed rail: Evidence from China.TRANSPORT POLICY,91,1-15.
MLA	Jiao, Jingjuan,et al."Roles of accessibility, connectivity and spatial interdependence in realizing the economic impact of high-speed rail: Evidence from China".TRANSPORT POLICY 91(2020):1-15.