{"title":"Port-city synergism and regional development policy: Evidence from the Yangtze River Region","authors":"Jun-Qing Zhang , Su-Han Woo , Kevin X. Li","doi":"10.1016/j.tre.2024.103817","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As one of China’s three development strategies, the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YEB) strategy plays an important role in strengthening the development of port–city synergy. This study uses the difference-in-differences (DID) approach to investigate the impact of the YEB strategy on port–city synergy development, with panel data for 15 port–city pairs along the YEB over the period 2005–2019. The results show that the YEB strategy significantly promotes port–city synergy through fixed-asset investment in the transportation, warehousing, and postal industries, especially for economically developed port cities and cities far from the port. It is suggested that decision-makers prioritize the fixed asset investments in these industries and formulate differentiated collaborative development plans according to different types of cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49418,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review","volume":"192 ","pages":"Article 103817"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554524004083","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
As one of China’s three development strategies, the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YEB) strategy plays an important role in strengthening the development of port–city synergy. This study uses the difference-in-differences (DID) approach to investigate the impact of the YEB strategy on port–city synergy development, with panel data for 15 port–city pairs along the YEB over the period 2005–2019. The results show that the YEB strategy significantly promotes port–city synergy through fixed-asset investment in the transportation, warehousing, and postal industries, especially for economically developed port cities and cities far from the port. It is suggested that decision-makers prioritize the fixed asset investments in these industries and formulate differentiated collaborative development plans according to different types of cities.
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Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review is a reputable journal that publishes high-quality articles covering a wide range of topics in the field of logistics and transportation research. The journal welcomes submissions on various subjects, including transport economics, transport infrastructure and investment appraisal, evaluation of public policies related to transportation, empirical and analytical studies of logistics management practices and performance, logistics and operations models, and logistics and supply chain management.
Part E aims to provide informative and well-researched articles that contribute to the understanding and advancement of the field. The content of the journal is complementary to other prestigious journals in transportation research, such as Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Part B: Methodological, Part C: Emerging Technologies, Part D: Transport and Environment, and Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. Together, these journals form a comprehensive and cohesive reference for current research in transportation science.