Does improvement of railway network promote urban economic growth? evidence from Northeast China.

ABSTRACT: The railway network connects different cities and regions and plays an important role in the transportation system. This paper theoretically analyzes the causal effect and mechanisms of the railway network on urban economic growth, and explores the direct effects, threshold effects, and spatial spillover effects of improved centrality in the railway network on urban economic growth in Northeast China. The results show that: (1) There is a similarity between the economic growth level and the trend of the railway network in Northeast China. From a spatial perspective, there are regional differences in the development of the railway network. (2) From the perspective of the direct effects, each unit improvement in railway network centrality leads to a 0.160 unit increase in urban economic grow

SUBMITTER: Gao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11486401 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature