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Can transportation infrastructure improve resource misallocation? Evidence from China
1School of Economics, Inner Mongolia Minzu University, Tongliao, 028000, China.
Heliyon
|July 8, 2024
Summary
Improved transportation infrastructure helps correct resource misallocation, particularly for capital. However, its impact on labor misallocation has spatial spillover effects and a threshold, requiring significant scale to be effective.
Area of Science:
- Economics
- Transportation Studies
- Regional Science
Background:
- Effective resource allocation is vital for economic development and requires efficient transportation networks.
- Understanding the complex relationship between infrastructure development and resource misallocation is crucial for policy-making.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the impact of transportation infrastructure on resource misallocation in China.
- To investigate the spatial spillover effects and regional heterogeneity of this impact.
- To identify the mechanisms through which transportation infrastructure influences resource allocation.
Main Methods:
- Utilized provincial panel data from China (2000-2017).
- Employed a dynamic spatial Durbin model (DSDM) to capture spatial dependencies.
- Applied a panel threshold model to identify non-linear effects and thresholds.
Main Results:
- Transportation infrastructure generally corrects capital and labor misallocation, with significant spatial effects.
- Spatial spillover effects show improved capital misallocation but exacerbated labor misallocation in neighboring regions.
- Regional heterogeneity exists in the impact; a threshold effect was found for labor misallocation, requiring substantial infrastructure scale.
Conclusions:
- Transportation infrastructure is a key factor in mitigating resource misallocation, but its effects are spatially dependent and vary by resource type.
- Policy interventions should consider the scale of infrastructure investment and regional characteristics to optimize resource allocation.
- Indirect pathways like market access, urbanization, and industrial upgrading mediate the infrastructure's impact on resource misallocation.
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