Can transport infrastructure change regions’ economic fortunes? Some evidence from Europe and China
By Chia-Lin Chen, R. Vickerman. Transitions in Regional Economic Development, 2017
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ABSTRACT Can transport infrastructure change regions’ economic fortunes? Some evidence from Europe and China. Regional Studies. Claims and counterclaims about the likely impact of new transport infrastructure on a region’s economic performance have existed for centuries going back to the early days of canals and railways. High-speed rail (HSR) as a new type of infrastructure has just over 50 years of existence. The persistent debate is questioning the power of HSR in reducing economic disparities between cities and effecting economic transformation. The paper goes beyond macro-modelling, looking to more disaggregated approaches of the structural changes. Two regions, one in Europe and one in China, are compared to gain insights for future research and practice.
Subfields: Economics and Econometrics
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- Can high-speed rail have a transformative effect on the economy? (2017, background): “…may have as an enabler of growth; Ansar et al. (2016) have argued that HSR investment has slowed rather than enhanced Chinese growth by essentially resurrecting the crowding-out argument in a purely aggregate study that ignores the economic geography context (see Chen and Vickerman, 2017).”