caa a22 4500 445890703 CHVBK 20180317145615.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11116-011-9349-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11116-011-9349-6 Transport infrastructure and regional economic growth: evidence from China [Elektronische Daten] [Junjie Hong, Zhaofang Chu, Qiang Wang] This article develops a multi-dimensions measurement of transport infrastructure and examines the linkage between transport infrastructure and regional economic growth. A panel data model is estimated using data from a sample of 31 Chinese provinces from 1998 to 2007. The results provide strong evidence that transport infrastructure plays an important role in economic growth. Both land transport and water transport infrastructure have strong and significant impacts, while the contribution of airway transport infrastructure is weak. Furthermore, land transport infrastructure contributes more to economic growth in locations with poor land transport infrastructure, while the investment in water transport infrastructure contribute positively to economic growth only after the investment scale exceeds a threshold level. These results are robust to a variety of alternative methods, the exclusion of possible outliers, and consideration of endogeneity. A retrospective analysis shows that uneven distribution of transport infrastructure is an important reason behind economic disparities across Chinese regions. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC., 2011 Transport infrastructure nationallicence Economic growth nationallicence Regional disparity nationallicence China nationallicence Hong Junjie School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, 100029, Beijing, China aut Chu Zhaofang School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, 100029, Beijing, China aut Wang Qiang School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, 100029, Beijing, China aut Transportation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 38/5(2011-09-01), 737-752 0049-4488 38:5<737 2011 38 11116 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-011-9349-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-011-9349-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hong Junjie School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, 100029, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chu Zhaofang School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, 100029, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang Qiang School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, 100029, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Transportation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 38/5(2011-09-01), 737-752 0049-4488 38:5<737 2011 38 11116 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer