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

Over 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 laggi...

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Main Authors:	Roberts, Mark, Deichmann, Uwe, Fingleton, Bernard, Shi, Tuo
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INTERNATIONAL MARKETS ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AIR ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE ARBITRAGE ARTERIES AUTONOMOUS REGIONS BILATERAL TRADE CITY STREETS CLOSED ECONOMY COASTAL REGIONS COMPETITIVENESS CONGESTION CONGESTION COSTS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION WORKERS CONSUMERS COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST FUNCTIONS COST OF TRANSPORTATION COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION DESIGN SPEED DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISPOSABLE INCOME ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMICS LITERATURE ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY OF LABOR ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES EQUATIONS EQUILIBRIUM ETHNIC MINORITY EXPORTS EXPRESSWAYS EXTERNALITIES FRAMEWORK FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUNCTIONAL FORMS FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GROWTH RATE HAULAGE HIGHWAY HIGHWAY INVESTMENTS HIGHWAY NETWORK HIGHWAYS HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME GAINS INCOME LEVELS INCOME TAX INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INLAND REGIONS INTERNATIONAL PORTS INTERREGIONAL TRANSPORT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM INVENTORIES LABOR EFFICIENCY LABOR MOBILITY LAGGING REGIONS MARGINAL BENEFITS MARGINAL COSTS MOBILITY MOBILITY OF LABOR MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA NET INCOME NOMINAL INCOME NOMINAL WAGES OPPORTUNITY COST PAVEMENT PECUNIARY EXTERNALITIES PER CAPITA INCOME PERFECT COMPETITION POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRICE CHANGES PRICE LEVELS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION SIDE PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROFIT MAXIMIZATION QUALITY OF TRANSPORT RAIL RAIL PROJECTS REAL INCOME REAL WAGES REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL INPUT REMOTE AREAS REMOTE RURAL AREAS ROAD ROAD INFORMATION ROAD INVESTMENTS ROAD NETWORK ROAD NETWORKS ROAD SYSTEM ROAD TYPE ROAD TYPES ROUTE ROUTES RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL DISPARITIES RURAL ECONOMY RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL INEQUALITIES RURAL LABOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL PRODUCTION RURAL SECTOR RURAL SECTORS RURAL TRANSPORT RURAL WAGES SATURATION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SPATIAL DISPERSION SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPATIAL INEQUALITY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SUB-REGIONS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRAFFIC TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COST SAVINGS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT ECONOMICS TRANSPORT INDUSTRY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT INVESTMENT TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS TRANSPORT MARKET TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SPECIALISTS TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY TRAVEL SPEED TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRUCKING TRUE URBAN WORKERS UTILITY FUNCTIONS VEHICLE VEHICLE OPERATING VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISPARITIES WAGE GROWTH WAGE INCREASES WAGES
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