The Impact of High-Speed Rail on High-Quality Economic Development: Evidence from China

Utilizing data from 282 prefecture-level cities in China from 2005 to 2021, this study constructs an evaluation index system for high-quality economic development across the following five dimensions: innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing. A continuous difference-in-differences appr...

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Published in:	Land
Main Authors:	Xixi Feng, Jixiao Li, Yadan Liu, Weidong Li
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2025-06-01
Subjects:	high-speed rail (HSR) heterogeneity analysis robustness check mechanism analysis high-quality economic development (HQE) continuous difference-in-differences
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/7/1379

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