Does high-speed rail improve China’s urban environmental efficiency? Empirical evidence from a quasi-natural experiment

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke-Liang Wang ◽  
Su-Qin Pang ◽  
Fu-Qin Zhang ◽  
Zhuang Miao
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Environmental Efficiency ◽  
High Speed Rail

scholarly journals Booming with Speed: High-Speed Rail and Regional Green Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Zixuan Zhu ◽  
Xiaoyan Lin ◽  
Hao Yang
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Capital Mobility ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Labor Mobility ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Sustainable Economy ◽  
The Relationship

Exploiting China’s high-speed rail (HSR) as a quasi-natural experiment, we examine the relationship between the HSR connection and green innovation. The opening of HSR can promote green innovation by facilitating the flow of innovation factors. Using the multiperiod difference-in-differences (DID) model, we find that the regional green innovation performance significantly becomes better following the opening of HSR in the local city. Moreover, in examining the specific mechanisms at work, we find evidence that HSR stimulates green patents through increased labor mobility and research capital mobility. Further analyses show that the facilitating effect of HSR is heterogeneous among cities. Our paper sheds new light on the effects of HSR on social welfare in the case of sustainable economy.

scholarly journals High speed rail effects on tourism: Spanish empirical evidence derived from China's modelling experience

2016 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 44-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Luis Campa ◽  
María Eugenia López-Lambas ◽  
Begoña Guirao
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
High Speed ◽  
High Speed Rail

scholarly journals Transport Mode Choice by Tourists Transferring from a Peripheral High-Speed Rail Station to Their Destinations: Empirical Evidence from Costa Daurada

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Gutiérrez ◽  
Daniel Miravet ◽  
Òscar Saladié ◽  
Salvador Anton Clavé
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Final Destination ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
Rail Station

This article analyses the factors that determine the mode of transport (bus, taxi or private car) chosen by tourists for transfers from a peripherally located high-speed rail station to their final destination. The study is based on a survey completed by tourists who used high-speed rail services to travel to the Costa Daurada, a tourism area on the Mediterranean coast of Southern Catalonia, Spain. The results of this study show that variables associated with the characteristics of the stay had a more decisive influence upon the decisions made by the travellers than the socio-demographic profiles of the tourists surveyed. The availability of direct public transport services for transfers from the station to the final destinations was a much more relevant factor than the cost and duration of the resulting trip. This study provides empirical evidence of the importance of accessibility for peripheral stations. In these cases, good connections via public transport apparently play a key role in both improving tourism development and promoting more sustainable mobility within the region.

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