Study on the Railway Effect of the Coordinated Development of the Economy and Environment in the Chengdu–Chongqing Economic Circle

Jia Shen, Xiaohong Ren () and Zhitao Feng
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Jia Shen: School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
Xiaohong Ren: School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
Zhitao Feng: School of Traffic and Transportation, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 8, 1-16

Abstract: Transportation infrastructure plays a crucial role in economic development and significantly influences climate change, providing direct and indirect benefits towards the attainment of Goals 8 and 13 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study investigates the impact of railway infrastructure on the level of economic and environmental coordination development in the Chengdu–Chongqing economic circle, using panel data from 16 cities spanning from 2010 to 2020. The analysis employs a coupled coordination degree model and a panel fixed effects model. The findings reveal a gradual increase in the level of economic and environmental coordination development in each city during the study period. Notably, Chongqing and Chengdu exhibit significantly higher levels compared to other cities. Railway infrastructure construction can significantly promote the coordinated development of the urban economy and environment. In areas with a high level of coordinated development of the economy and environment, the promoting effect is relatively small, while in areas with a low level of coordinated development of the economy and environment, the promoting effect is relatively large. Over the long term, railways continue to significantly promote the coordinated development of the urban economy and environment. The construction of railways can stimulate the development of the urban private economy and marketization, thereby facilitating the coordinated development of the urban economy and environment.

Keywords: Chengdu–Chongqing economic circle; railway infrastructure; coupled coordination degree model; economic and environmental coordination development; panel fixed effects model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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