Management Review

›› 2019, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (9): 3-17.

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The Spatial Effect of Highway Traffic Accessibility in Northeast China

Lu Bo1, Zhou Xiangjun2, Song Dongping3, Wang Shouyang4   

  1. 1. School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024;
    2. International College, Dalian University, Dalian 116622;
    3. Management School, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L697ZH;
    4. School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190
  • Received:2018-07-25 Online:2019-09-28 Published:2019-09-29

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Abstract:

Introducing traffic accessibility into D-S model, this paper theoretically obtains the spatial effect between highway traffic accessibility and economic growth in Northeast China and then uses random-effect SDM model to empirically prove the spatial effect of the highway transportation on economic growth. The study finds that in northeast China, highway traffic accessibility and economic growth have a significantly "inverted U" relationship, and the marginal utility is negative in northeast China after 2010. That requires the government to adjust transportation infrastructure investment according to the regional characteristics. The effect of port transportation is not obvious and the main reason may be that port cannot effectively dock with transport infrastructure such as roads, thus hindering the efficiency of its functions. Therefore, northeast China should shift from the investment in transportation infrastructure to the improvement and docking of transportation access network and focus on holistic development rather than regionalism.

Key words: traffic accessibility, spatial effect, Spatial Durbin model