Does the Expansion of Urban Construction Land Promote Regional Economic Growth in China?
Since the reform and opening up, China’s economy has maintained rapid growth. At the
same time, the process of urbanization in China has been accelerating and the scale of urban
construction land has expanded accordingly. The purpose of the research is to explore whether
there is an inevitable connection between the expansion of urban construction land and economic
growth. This study uses 108 prefecture-level cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt as an example.
Considering panel data from 2005 to 2015, the spatial econometric model was used to explore the
impact of urban construction land expansion on regional economic growth. The results are as follows:
(1) The expansion of construction land in cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt has a significant
impact on economic growth but the extent of the impact is not as great as that of capital stock. (2) In
the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the expansion of urban construction l
Does the Expansion of Urban Construction Land Promote Regional Economic Growth in China?
Since the reform and opening up, China’s economy has maintained rapid growth. At the
same time, the process of urbanization in China has been accelerating and the scale of urban
construction land has expanded accordingly. The purpose of the research is to explore whether
there is an inevitable connection between the expansion of urban construction land and economic
growth. This study uses 108 prefecture-level cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt as an example.
Considering panel data from 2005 to 2015, the spatial econometric model was used to explore the
impact of urban construction land expansion on regional economic growth. The results are as follows:
(1) The expansion of construction land in cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt has a significant
impact on economic growth but the extent of the impact is not as great as that of capital stock. (2) In
the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the expansion of urban construction l