World Bank2014-09-092014-09-092014-06-25https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19996This report reflects a two-stage work flow designed to fulfill the research objectives: stage one defined the methodology, and stages two tested this methodology and transferred the know-how to the China Railway Corporation and its consultants through case studies. Chapter two summarizes the theoretical framework within which regional economic impacts are discussed and quantified. Chapter three reviews current regional economic impact analyses in China. Chapter four summarizes the approach to practical regional impact assessment in other countries and reviews the relevance of the main methods in the Chinese context. Chapter five summarizes the work that has been carried out by the World Bank to date in estimating regional impacts in China. Chapter six develops a practical approach to quantifying the regional economic impacts of future HSR in China, including methods for data collection, surveys and interviews. Chapter seven presents the implementation of the methodology in the case studies and the interpretation of quantified model results. Chapter eight summarizes the conclusions and the recommendations for further work. In addition, appendices one to three provide further details about existing assessment studies and methodologies. Appendices four and five show the interview and survey forms. A separate report provides a step-by-step how-to guide for a regional economic impact assessment using a four zone generic example model, which as a simple numerical example complements the presentation of the case study applications on Changchun-Jilin HSR and the northern part of the Beijing-Shanghai HSR.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESSIBILITYACCOUNTINGAGGLOMERATION BENEFITSAGGLOMERATION ECONOMIESAGGREGATESAIRAIR SERVICESAIRPORTSALTERNATIVE MODESALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT MODESANALYTICAL METHODSAVERAGE PRODUCTIVITYCALIBRATIONCARSCATCHMENTCATCHMENT AREACHAUFFEURCOMPETITIVE MARKETSCONGESTIONCONSUMERSCOST BENEFIT ANALYSISCOST OF TRANSPORTCOSTS OF TRANSPORTCROSSINGDESIGN SPEEDDIRECT VALUEECONOMETRIC ANALYSESECONOMETRIC MODELSECONOMIC BENEFITSECONOMIC EVALUATIONECONOMIC GEOGRAPHYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC IMPACTECONOMIC MODELSECONOMIC SECTORSECONOMIC SIZEECONOMIC STRUCTUREECONOMIC THEORIESECONOMIC THEORYECONOMICSECONOMICS LITERATUREELASTICITYEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT POLICIESENTREPRENEURSHIPENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONEQUATIONSEQUILIBRIUMEQUILIBRIUM MODELSEXCESS SUPPLYEXHAUST EMISSIONSEXTERNALITIESFEASIBILITY STUDIESFRAMEWORKFREIGHTFREIGHT TRAFFICGDPGENERAL EQUILIBRIUMGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSISGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELSGENERATED TRAFFICGOOD TRANSPORTGROSS VALUEGROWTH POTENTIALHIGH SPEED RAILHIGH SPEED RAIL NETWORKHIGHWAYHIGHWAY PROJECTSHOUSINGIMPACT OF TRANSPORTIMPERFECT COMPETITIONINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINNOVATIONINSPECTIONINTERCITY RAILLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLABOR SUPPLYLAND PRICESLAND USELAND USE PATTERNSLARGE CITIESLEGISLATIONLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLONG-DISTANCELONG-DISTANCE TRAFFICMACROECONOMIC CONDITIONSMACROECONOMIC MODELSMETROPOLITAN AREASMIGRATIONMINISTRY OF TRANSPORTMIXED TRAFFICMONOPOLYMULTIPLIER EFFECTSOPTIMIZATIONOUTPUTSPASSENGERPASSENGER SURVEYPASSENGER TRAVELPASSENGERSPOLLUTIONPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIESPRODUCTION FUNCTIONPRODUCTION FUNCTIONSPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROFIT MARGINSPROPERTY VALUESPUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENTRAIL INVESTMENTRAIL PROJECTRAIL PROJECTSRAIL TRAVELRAILWAYRAILWAY INVESTMENTRAILWAY LINERAILWAY LINESRAILWAY STATIONSRAILWAY TRANSPORTRAILWAYSROADROAD INVESTMENTROAD TRANSPORTROADSROUTEROUTESSAFETY IMPACTSSAVINGSSETTING OUTSHARINGSNOWSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSPECIALIST WORKERSSPEEDSSTATISTICAL DATASTRUCTURESSUBSIDIARYSUPPLIERSTAXTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETOTAL OUTPUTTRAFFIC INTENSITYTRAFFIC VOLUMESTRAINSTRANSPORT CAPACITYTRANSPORT CORRIDORSTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTSTRANSPORT INDUSTRYTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT INVESTMENTTRANSPORT INVESTMENTSTRANSPORT MARKETTRANSPORT NETWORKTRANSPORT NETWORKSTRANSPORT PLANTRANSPORT PROFESSIONALSTRANSPORT PROJECTSTRANSPORT SAFETYTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT SERVICETRANSPORT SERVICE IMPROVEMENTSTRANSPORT SERVICESTRANSPORT SUPPLYTRANSPORT SYSTEMTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTIONTRANSPORTATION INDUSTRYTRAVEL COSTSTRAVEL DEMANDTRAVEL SPEEDTRAVEL TIMESTRAVELERSTRIPTRIP DISTANCETRIP PURPOSETRIPSUNEMPLOYMENTURBANIZATIONVALUE ADDEDWAGESWATER SUPPLYWEALTH10.1596/19996