THE IMPACTS OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE ON MANUFACTURING AGGLOMERATION IN WESTERN CHINA
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This paper makes empirical analysis on transport infrastructure’s impacts on manufacturing agglomeration. The study finds that there is a consistency in spatial distribution of transport infrastructure and manufacturing agglomeration. Different types and levels of transport infrastructure show significant differences in the degree of their facilitation for manufacturing agglomeration. Highway facilities show greater facilitation for manufacturing agglomeration than railway facilities. First-class highway plays the most important roles in facilitating manufacturing agglomeration, followed by second-class highway. The more low-grade highways are built, the more adverse impacts they have on manufacturing agglomeration. Though expressway greatly facilitates the manufacturing agglomeration, the impacts are not significant. Transport infrastructure show more significant impacts on manufacturing agglomeration in the regions with higher marketization.
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