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The impact of COVID-19 on freight transport: Evidence from China

Author(s) -

Shan-Ju Ho,

Wenwu Xing,

Wenmin Wu,

ChienChiang Lee

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356

H-Index - 23

ISSN - 2215-0161

DOI - 10.1016/j.mex.2020.101200

Subject(s) - covid-19 , china , panel data , transport engineering , business , geography , engineering , economics , virology , econometrics , medicine , outbreak , disease , archaeology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)

Using a monthly panel data of 13 Chinese provinces (cities) over the period from December 2019 to August 2020, this research investigates the impact of COVID-19 on the freight transport. We find that COVID-19 has a positive impact on the road freight transport turnover. This effect is pronounced under the higher numbers of COVID-19 confirmed cases and the lower level of gasoline production, and vice versa. In brief,•This study finds that COVID-19 has a positive impact on the road freight transport turnover.•This effect is pronounced under the higher numbers of COVID-19 confirmed cases and the lower level of gasoline production, and vice versa.

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