Replication Package: Transportation Networks, Market Integration and New Firm Formation: Evidence from China's National Trunk Highway Network

File: Replication Package
Paper Title: Transportation Networks, Market Integration and New Firm Formation: Evidence from China's National Trunk Highway Network
Authors:
Tianyu Bi
Liang Zheng
Chengdong Yi
Xia Zhou
Date: May 5, 2026
Overview:
This replication package provides the data and code required to reproduce the empirical results of the research paper. The dataset includes county-level data utilized to examine the impact of China's National Trunk Highway Network (NTHN) expansion on new firm formation through market integration. The package contains Stata code (Readme.do) and harmonized datasets to replicate the baseline regressions (Tables 3-6), instrumental variable analyses (Tables 7-9), and further heterogeneous and moderating analyses (Tables 10-11).