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The transfer of land development rights (TDR) is a significant policy tool for advancing urban–rural integration. This study establishes an analytical framework to examine the influence mechanism of TDR on urban–rural integration, considering the flow of land, capital, and population factors. Furthermore, an indicator system is developed to evaluate urban–rural integration across economic, social, and population dimensions. Using panel data from Chongqing, China (2013 to 2019), this article adopts the global principal component analysis (GPCA) method and time-varying difference-in-difference (TV-DID) model to analyze the effects of the land quota trading project, known as the ‘Dipiao’ policy. The results show that TDR can effectively promote urban–rural integration, though with a four-year time lag. Heterogeneous effects of TDR on urban–rural integration are observed across different districts and counties, with the more pronounced promotion in areas characterized by low agricultural land value or high industrial land value. This study further analyzes the influence mechanism of TDR on urban–rural integration. It concludes with policy implications on improving TDR to promote urban–rural integration. Full article

This paper explores the relationship between high-speed rail (HSR) and industrial agglomeration within urban agglomerations. The paper selects the data of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Urban Agglomeration (BJHUA) and Central Plains Urban Agglomeration (CPUA) from 2002 to 2016 as the research object. The time-varying difference-in-difference (TVDID) model is innovatively applied to analyze the impact of HSR on the agglomeration of secondary and tertiary industries in urban agglomerations, and the industrial agglomeration effects of the two urban agglomerations are compared. The results show that the influence of high-speed railways on the industrial agglomeration of urban agglomerations is heterogeneous. In the BJHUA, the impact of HSR on the agglomeration of secondary and tertiary industries is not particularly significant. On the other hand, in the CPUA, HSR does not have a significant impact on the agglomeration of secondary industry. However, it does have a significant negative effect on the agglomeration of tertiary industry. In addition, further analysis reveals significant variations in the impact of HSR on the agglomeration of industries within urban agglomerations after excluding the central cities. It is important to note that the impact of HSR on regional industries can be complex and multifaceted. The findings enrich the theoretical understanding of the relationship between HSR and industrial agglomeration. Full article

A low-carbon city policy (LCC) is a comprehensive environmental regulation to promote urban green development and resolve the overcapacity contradiction. This study uses China’s low-carbon city pilot policy as a “quasi-natural experiment” based on a panel of 266 Chinese cities, covering three batches of low-carbon pilot cities from 2003 to 2019. We measure industrial capacity utilization at the city level and then construct a time-varying DID (TV-DID) model to investigate the effect of a low-carbon city policy on industrial capacity utilization in Chinese cities, exploring the mechanism, heterogeneity, and spatial effects. It is found that (1) LCC improves industrial capacity utilization by approximately 3.2%, and the above finding still holds after a series of robustness tests, such as the parallel trend test, PSM-DID, DDD, and placebo test. (2) LCC improves industrial capacity utilization through three channels: alleviating resource misallocation, promoting industrial structure upgrading, and stimulating technological innovation. (3) The improvement of LCC on industrial capacity utilization has heterogeneity and positive spatial spillover effect. (4) The heterogeneity analysis shows that the improvement of LCC on industrial capacity utilization is stronger in cities in the high quartile of industrial capacity utilization, cities in old industrial bases, cities along the “Belt and Road” route, and cities in a free-trade zone. The theoretical analysis and empirical results of this study provide empirical support for the promotion of low-carbon city policy globally and provide ideas for solving the overcapacity contradiction in the context of global decarbonization. Full article