Regional Impacts of High Speed Rail in China : Spatial Proximity and Productivity in an Emerging Economy

This paper contains an initial reconnaissance of the situation in Yunfu, prior to the NanGuang project construction. It provides a brief overview of the trajectory of economic development in Yunfu from an economy that was dominated by primary indus...

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Main Authors:	Jin, Ying, Bullock, Richard, Fang, Wanli
Format:	Other Infrastructure Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Beijing 2014
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AGRICULTURE ANALYTICAL APPROACH BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUSINESS SERVICES BUSINESSES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAR CENTRAL PLANNING CITY SIZE COMMERCE COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS COST OF CAR TRAVEL COST OF TRAVEL COSTS OF TRAVEL DATA ANALYSIS DRIVING E-MAIL ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RENT ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC THEORIES ECONOMIC THEORY ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY VALUE EMPLOYMENT EXCESS SUPPLY EXPRESSWAYS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SERVICES FIXED ASSET FOREIGN TRADE FUEL GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GROWTH MODELS GROWTH RATE HIGH SPEED RAIL HIGH SPEED RAILWAYS HIGH-SPEED RAIL HIGHWAY HIGHWAY CAPACITY HIGHWAYS IMPACT OF TRANSPORT INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INFORMATION SHARING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INNOVATION INSPECTION INTERFACE INTERNATIONAL PORTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOUR LABOUR FORCE LABOUR MARKETS LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY LABOUR STATISTICS LAND USE LARGE CITIES MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MARKET ACCESS MARKET POTENTIAL MATERIAL METROPOLITAN AREAS MIGRATION MOBILITY MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE NATURAL RESOURCE NETWORK DATA NETWORK MODEL NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES OCCUPATIONS OPEN ECONOMY PC PER CAPITA INCOME PERFECT COMPETITION PHOTO POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES POSITIVE EXTERNALITY PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY OWNERS RAIL COSTS RAILWAY RAILWAYS REAL INCOME REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY REGIONAL TRANSPORT REGIONAL TRAVEL RESULT RESULTS ROAD ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD LINKS ROAD NETWORK ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTES SEARCH COSTS SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL COSTS SUPPLIERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL ECONOMICS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELEPHONE TOLL TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DATA TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT INVESTMENT TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR TRAVEL COSTS TRAVEL DISTANCE TRAVEL DISTANCES TRAVEL PATTERNS TRAVEL SPEEDS TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRIP TRIP RATE TRIPS TRIPS PER CAPITA URBAN TRAVEL USES VERIFICATION WAGE RATES WAGES WEB WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORKING HOURS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/20143588/regional-impacts-high-speed-rail-china-vol-2-2-spatial-proximity-productivity-emerging-economy-econometric-findings-guangdong-province-peoples-republic-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19989