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On the Road to Prosperity? The Economic Geography of China’s National Expressway Network

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dc.contributor.authorDeichmann, Uwe
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Mark
dc.contributor.authorFingleton, Bernard
dc.contributor.authorShi, Tuo
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T18:42:54Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T18:42:54Z
dc.date.issued2010-11-01
dc.description.abstractOver the past two decades, China has embarked on an ambitious program of expressway network expansion. By facilitating market integration, this program aims both to promote efficiency at the national level and to contribute to the catch-up of lagging inland regions with prosperous Eastern ones. This paper evaluates the aggregate and spatial economic impacts of China's newly constructed National Expressway Network, focussing, in particular, on its short-run impacts. To achieve this aim, the authors adopt a counterfactual approach based on the estimation and simulation of a structural "new economic geography" model. Overall, they find that aggregate Chinese real income was approximately 6 percent higher than it would have been in 2007 had the expressway network not been built. Although there is considerable heterogeneity in the results, the authors do not find evidence of a significant reduction in disparities across prefectural level regions or of a reduction in urban-rural disparities. If anything, the expressway network appears to have reinforced existing patterns of spatial inequality, although, over time, these will likely be reduced by enhanced migration.en
dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101115151238
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5479
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3961
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5479
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
dc.subjectACCIDENTS
dc.subjectACCOUNTING
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE REGION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
dc.subjectAIR
dc.subjectANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
dc.subjectARBITRAGE
dc.subjectARTERIES
dc.subjectAUTONOMOUS REGIONS
dc.subjectBILATERAL TRADE
dc.subjectCITY STREETS
dc.subjectCLOSED ECONOMY
dc.subjectCOASTAL REGIONS
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCONGESTION
dc.subjectCONGESTION COSTS
dc.subjectCONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectCONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectCONSTRUCTION WORKERS
dc.subjectCONSUMERS
dc.subjectCOST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subjectCOST FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectCOST OF TRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectCOSTS OF TRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectDESIGN SPEED
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
dc.subjectDISPOSABLE INCOME
dc.subjectECONOMETRICS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC OUTCOMES
dc.subjectECONOMIC STRUCTURE
dc.subjectECONOMICS LITERATURE
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectEFFICIENCY OF LABOR
dc.subjectELASTICITIES
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
dc.subjectEQUATIONS
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectETHNIC MINORITY
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectEXPRESSWAYS
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectFRAMEWORK
dc.subjectFREIGHT
dc.subjectFREIGHT TRANSPORT
dc.subjectFUNCTIONAL FORMS
dc.subjectFUTURE RESEARCH
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGDP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectHAULAGE
dc.subjectHIGHWAY
dc.subjectHIGHWAY INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectHIGHWAY NETWORK
dc.subjectHIGHWAYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINCOME GAINS
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINCOME TAX
dc.subjectINCREASING RETURNS
dc.subjectINCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
dc.subjectINLAND REGIONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL PORTS
dc.subjectINTERREGIONAL TRANSPORT
dc.subjectINTERSTATE HIGHWAY
dc.subjectINTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
dc.subjectINVENTORIES
dc.subjectLABOR EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectLABOR MOBILITY
dc.subjectLAGGING REGIONS
dc.subjectMARGINAL BENEFITS
dc.subjectMARGINAL COSTS
dc.subjectMOBILITY
dc.subjectMOBILITY OF LABOR
dc.subjectMONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION
dc.subjectMULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA
dc.subjectNET INCOME
dc.subjectNOMINAL INCOME
dc.subjectNOMINAL WAGES
dc.subjectOPPORTUNITY COST
dc.subjectPAVEMENT
dc.subjectPECUNIARY EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPERFECT COMPETITION
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectPRICE CHANGES
dc.subjectPRICE LEVELS
dc.subjectPRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION SIDE
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectPROFIT MAXIMIZATION
dc.subjectQUALITY OF TRANSPORT
dc.subjectRAIL
dc.subjectRAIL PROJECTS
dc.subjectREAL INCOME
dc.subjectREAL WAGES
dc.subjectREGIONAL DISPARITIES
dc.subjectREGIONAL INPUT
dc.subjectREMOTE AREAS
dc.subjectREMOTE RURAL AREAS
dc.subjectROAD
dc.subjectROAD INFORMATION
dc.subjectROAD INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectROAD NETWORK
dc.subjectROAD NETWORKS
dc.subjectROAD SYSTEM
dc.subjectROAD TYPE
dc.subjectROAD TYPES
dc.subjectROUTE
dc.subjectROUTES
dc.subjectRURAL AREA
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL DISPARITIES
dc.subjectRURAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectRURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL INCOME
dc.subjectRURAL INEQUALITIES
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectRURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectRURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectRURAL SECTORS
dc.subjectRURAL TRANSPORT
dc.subjectRURAL WAGES
dc.subjectSATURATION
dc.subjectSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSPATIAL DISPERSION
dc.subjectSPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectSPATIAL INEQUALITY
dc.subjectSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectSUB-REGIONS
dc.subjectTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectTRAFFIC
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectTRANSPORT COST SAVINGS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT INDUSTRY
dc.subjectTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectTRANSPORT INVESTMENT
dc.subjectTRANSPORT INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT MARKET
dc.subjectTRANSPORT NETWORK
dc.subjectTRANSPORT PROJECTS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT SECTOR
dc.subjectTRANSPORT SPECIALISTS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectTRAVEL SPEED
dc.subjectTRAVEL TIME
dc.subjectTRAVEL TIMES
dc.subjectTRUCKING
dc.subjectTRUE
dc.subjectURBAN WORKERS
dc.subjectUTILITY FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectVEHICLE
dc.subjectVEHICLE OPERATING
dc.subjectVEHICLE OPERATING COSTS
dc.subjectWAGE DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subjectWAGE DISPARITIES
dc.subjectWAGE GROWTH
dc.subjectWAGE INCREASES
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.titleOn the Road to Prosperity? The Economic Geography of China’s National Expressway Networken
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okr.crossref.titleOn the road to prosperity? the economic geography of China's national expressway network
okr.date.disclosure2010-11-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:37:05.123227Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
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okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryChina
okr.region.geographicalEast Asia
okr.region.geographicalAsia
okr.sectorTransportation :: Roads and highways
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicRoads and Highways
okr.topicTransport
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.unitDECRG: Environment & Energy (DECEE)
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