Can Farmers Punch Their Tickets to Wealth? The Spillover Effect of High-Speed Railway on Agriculture Development

Bibliographic Data

ID3550388
AuthorsTing Xiao (0000-0002-2989-586X, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics), Xin Yu (0000-0003-3983-4937, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics), Liang Ding (0000-0003-3998-3860, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume13
Issue4
Publication date2023-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/21582440231214645
OpenAlexW4389492149
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

This paper studied the impact of high-speed railway linesonagricultural outputin the regions along their routes. It also investigated the heterogeneity of this impactbased on the terrain characteristics. The results of empirical testsusing county-level data show that ahigh-speed railway line can bring higher agricultural "dividends" to counties along the line. Notably, low altitude areas and regionswith gentle terrain exhibit a more pronounced promotional effect on local agricultural output. High-speed railways mainly promote agricultural output by promoting the mechanization of agriculture in counties along the route, thus reinvigorating the agricultural population and the development of specialty agriculture. Ourfindingsprovide quasi-microscopic evidence of the potential benefits of transportation infrastructure construction to break down geographical barriers and facilitate production factor flow, and providesa theoretical basis for the economic spillover effects of high-speed railway construction

Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Business · Dividend · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Population · Spillover effect · Terrain · Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Transportation Planning and Optimization · Finance

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