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| Obstructive Factor of Common Prosperity among “High-speed Rail Residents”: High-speed Rail Network Unbalanced Densification and Counter Urbanization |
| SUN Wenhao1, ZHANG Jie2 |
1.School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology
2.Institute of China Economic Reform & Development, Renmin University of China |
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Abstract: How to achieve common prosperity is crucial to “Chinese-style modernization”. Based on the unbalanced densification pattern of high-speed rail network in “center-periphery” metropolitans, this paper studies the common prosperity path of “high-speed rail residents”. The main findings are as follows: first, the high-speed rail network densification has a significant inverted U-shaped impact on the urban Engel coefficient, and high-speed rail network densification is more conducive to achieving common prosperity for “high-speed rail residents” in cities that are relatively rich and have more income inequality. Second, high-speed rail network unbalanced densification will widen the income gap in “center-periphery” metropolitans. Third, the opening of high-speed rail stations in non-central cities within 66.10km from the central city is beneficial for common prosperity of “high-speed rail residents”, while the opening of high-speed rail stations in noncentral cities within 66.10~105.76km from the central city is not beneficial for common prosperity of “high-speed rail residents”. Fourth, the counter-urbanization of non-central cities is an important reason for the unbalanced expansion of the high-speed rail network and the widening of the gap between the rich and the poor of the high-speed rail residents in “center-periphery” metropolitans. The high-speed rail network densification pattern should be transformed from unbalance to balance for common prosperity among “high-speed rail residents”.
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Received: 24 October 2022
Published: 15 January 2023
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2023, Vol. 43 
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