| Recently, high rapid economic growth in China has contributed to the expansion of freight transportation. In this paper, the author investigates how rail freight transportation volume relates to regional economics, development of traffic infrastructure, and location of industries in each province. The analysis employs to panel data all provinces and special cities from 1985 till 2002. The author elucidates the factors affecting dispatching and arriving volume of rail freight and constructs gravity and fixed-effects models explaining railway freight transportation in each province. |
