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Port integration and regional economic development: Lessons from China

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  • Qifei Ma

    (Dalian Maritime University)

  • Peng Jia

    (Dalian Maritime University)

  • Xinran She

    (Dalian Maritime University)

  • Hercules Haralambides

    (Dalian Maritime University, CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Haibo Kuang

    (Dalian Maritime University)

Abstract

Port Integration (PI) -or port industry consolidation-is actively pursued in many countries around the world. It has been established that unfettered competition among ports in proximity leads to unnecessary duplication of effort and waste of scarce port resources. We adopt the Difference-in-Differences (DID) model to analyze the effect of PI on urban economic growth, as well as to identify the causes of spatial differences in urban development, possibly due to PI. We have analyzed datasets from 69 port cities in China, from 2000 to 2018. Our results show that PI can significantly advance the economic growth of port cities, and its effects increase with time. We also show that port integration has a clear positive effect on the economic growth of cities in the Yangtze River Delta region (YRD), particularly on small- and medium-sized cities. The economic effects of PI on cities in the Bohai Rim region (BR) and on big cities is, instead, insignificant. This result indicates the existence of strong spatial differences in the impacts of PI. Moreover, we show that PI has positive effects on the rationalization of port resources and their allocation among regional ports, promoting, in this way too, urban economic growth. In China, in particular, the country's port integration strategy has effectively driven the development of numerous ports, and it has successfully contributed to the development of the country's strong transportation network. Our findings provide useful guidelines to ports around the world, in their process of integrating and consolidating their port-, transport- and logistics sectors.

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  • Qifei Ma & Peng Jia & Xinran She & Hercules Haralambides & Haibo Kuang, 2021. "Port integration and regional economic development: Lessons from China," Post-Print hal-04046221, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04046221
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.06.019
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    1. Melika Zarei & Mojtaba Arasteh & Sina Shahab, 2024. "Exploring Port–City Relationships: A Bibliometric and Content Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(11), pages 1-23, May.
    2. Dong, Gang & Ishii, Masahiro & Zheng, Shiyuan & Tezuka, Koichiro & Lee, Paul Tae-Woo, 2024. "Port capacity-sharing decisions in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 147(C), pages 22-31.
    3. Qiaoyun Guo & Abdol Aziz Shahraki, 2023. "Locating Transportation Logistics Centers and Their Dynamic Synergy for Equilibrium Economic Behavior," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(16), pages 1-16, August.
    4. Hercules Haralambides, 2023. "The state-of-play in maritime economics and logistics research (2017–2023)," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 25(3), pages 429-451, September.
    5. Wang, Shaobo & Zhou, Yutao & Guo, Jianke & Mao, Jinhuang, 2023. "Did high speed rail accelerate the development of tourism economy? – Empirical analysis from Northeast China," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 143(C), pages 25-35.
    6. Min Wang & Yu Lan & Huayu Li & Xiaodong Jing & Sitong Lu & Kexin Deng, 2024. "Spatial–Temporal Differentiation and Trend Prediction of Coupling Coordination Degree of Port Environmental Efficiency and Urban Economy: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Delta," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-19, March.

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