Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE
(ISSN 1009-3095, Monthly)
2003   Vol. 4   No. 4   p.454-462

Analysis of economic impacts of the Hangzhou-Ningbo expressway

LIU Nan(刘南)(College of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China)

Abstract:This paper presents an analysis of the effects of the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway (in Zhejiang Province of the People's Republic of China) on the region's economic development. An econometric model shows the estimated contributions attributable to the expressway have increased year by year. And statistical data indicate that the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway has promoted to some extent the region's economic development in various aspects.
Keywords:Expressway, Regional economic development, Econometric model

CLC Number:U4-9,F540.3 Document ID:A

Author Resume:LIU Nan(刘南),E-mail: nliu@mail.hz.zj.cn

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Manuscript Received:2002 May 9

Manuscript Revised:2002 June 15

Published:2003 Aug. 30