Does Transport Infrastructure Inequality Matter for Economic Growth? Evidence from China
| Autor: | Yueran Li, Kunhui Ye, Tianyi Nie, Anyu Chen, Rui Liu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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China
Global and Planetary Change inequality Ecology Gini coefficient Inequality media_common.quotation_subject Developing country Agriculture Socioeconomic development Investment (macroeconomics) economic growth transport infrastructure Granger causality Obstacle Development economics Economics Network effect Nature and Landscape Conservation media_common |
| Zdroj: | Land Volume 10 Issue 8 Land, Vol 10, Iss 874, p 874 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2073-445X |
| DOI: | 10.3390/land10080874 |
| Popis: | Transport infrastructure (TI) plays a crucial role in socioeconomic development. The increase of TI inequality, an all-pervading phenomenon in both developed and developing countries, has been an obstacle to sustainable economic growth. The relationship between TI inequality and economic growth has attracted considerable interest over the past three decades. However, the relationship remains obscure, and people find it impossible to utilize to develop economies. This study collected a panel of empirical data from 1982 to 2015 from China to calculate the Gini coefficient and conduct the Granger causality test. The data analysis results show that TI inequality is not always conducive to economic growth. A softening TI inequality helps address the issues of uneven economic growth across regions in the long term. The short-term effects of improving TI inequality at the national level are reflected in the network effect. In addition, the “social filters” facilitate the region to absorb the economic benefits brought by the improvement of TI inequality. These findings offer a way to address the increase of TI inequality and shed light on the ways to improve transport investment from the perspective of economic growth. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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