Does high-speed rail stimulate university technology transfer? evidence from China.

ABSTRACT: Prior studies ignore the impact of infrastructure on university technology transfer. High-speed rail, China's most significant infrastructure, has played an essential role in the economy and society. Using high-speed railway construction as a quasi-experiment and a large sample of Chinese universities for the 2007-2017 period, we investigate the impact of high-speed rail on university technology transfer. We provide extensive evidence that high-speed rail has a positive effect on university technology transfer. The finding remains valid after a battery of robustness tests. Mechanism tests find that high-speed rail can improve university technology transfer by promoting the interaction between universities and enterprises and improving enterprises' technology demand for universities. Furthe

SUBMITTER: Wu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10198495 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature