Comparative study of the impact of Indian transportation infrastructure on firm-level performance in inland waterways

IF 6.3 2区工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS

Transport Policy Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI:10.1016/j.tranpol.2025.06.025

Archana Srivastava , Somesh Kumar Mathur , Manish Chauhan , Prabir De

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Abstract

The present study attempts to analyze the impact of transportation infrastructure like new roads, railway routes and inland waterways on firm-level performance in India. We use World Enterprise Survey data to analyze the same using Difference-in-Difference (DID) methodology. This allows us to assess the policy intervention over time and across treatment and control groups. In transportation and network studies, firms operating near to the infrastructure are qualified as treatment group and all others operating faraway as control group. We cover in our study (i) the inland waterways connecting Allahabad with Haldia, (ii) Golden Quadrilateral infrastructure connecting 19 cities of India, (iii) the Delhi-Meerut expressway, and (iv) Eastern and Western freight railway routes connecting eastern and western part of India. Results reveal that it is only Delhi-Meerut expressway and Western freight rail routes which bring dividends to firms operating near to the infrastructure over the years. It is evident that for other rail and road routes and inland waterways, the firms which operate further away from the infrastructure bring more businesses to firms and create less obstacles to transportation.

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印度运输基础设施对内河航运企业绩效影响的比较研究

本研究试图分析交通基础设施，如新的道路，铁路路线和内陆水道对印度公司层面绩效的影响。我们使用世界企业调查数据，使用差异中差异（DID）方法来分析相同的数据。这使我们能够评估政策干预的时间和跨治疗组和对照组。在交通运输和网络研究中，在基础设施附近经营的公司被称为治疗组，而在其他地方经营的公司被称为对照组。我们的研究涵盖了(i)连接阿拉哈巴德和哈尔迪亚的内陆水道，（ii）连接印度19个城市的黄金四边基础设施，（iii）德里-密鲁特高速公路，以及（iv）连接印度东部和西部的东西货运铁路路线。结果显示，多年来，只有德里-密鲁特高速公路和西部货运铁路为靠近基础设施的企业带来了红利。很明显，对于其他铁路、公路路线和内陆水道来说，远离基础设施的公司给公司带来了更多的业务，并为运输创造了更少的障碍。

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Transport Policy Multiple-

CiteScore

12.10

自引率

10.30%

发文量

282

期刊介绍： Transport Policy is an international journal aimed at bridging the gap between theory and practice in transport. Its subject areas reflect the concerns of policymakers in government, industry, voluntary organisations and the public at large, providing independent, original and rigorous analysis to understand how policy decisions have been taken, monitor their effects, and suggest how they may be improved. The journal treats the transport sector comprehensively, and in the context of other sectors including energy, housing, industry and planning. All modes are covered: land, sea and air; road and rail; public and private; motorised and non-motorised; passenger and freight.