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A Study on Transportation Infrastructure and Upgrading of Industrial Structure in China

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Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management

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The construction of transportation infrastructure influences upgrading of industrial structure by changing flow of production factors. Whether China’s high development of transportation infrastructure is beneficial to the upgrading of industrial structure is still a question. By utilizing the data of 1978–2009 in models of VAR and VEC, the study shows that China’s development of transportation infrastructure has a long-term function to improve upgrading of industrial structure. The result of impulse response function (IRF) shows that the tertiary industry begins to response to the transportation infrastructure after 4–6 periods. The reason is explained.

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Acknowledgments

The research is supported by the key Building Subject of Shanghai Board of Education— “The Operation and Control of Economics System” (J50504).

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  1. University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, People’s Republic of China

    Chen Dong & Liuliu Kong

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  1. Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, People's Republic

    Jiuping Xu

  2. Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Masoom Yasinzai

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    Benjamin Lev

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Dong, C., Kong, L. (2013). A Study on Transportation Infrastructure and Upgrading of Industrial Structure in China. In: Xu, J., Yasinzai, M., Lev, B. (eds) Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 185. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4600-1_62

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