Digital Infrastructure and Agricultural Total Factor Productivity: A New Structural Economics Perspective on the “Broadband China” Policy
This study investigates the impact of the “Broadband China” pilot policy on agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) from a new structural economics (NSE) perspective. Using panel data from 297 Chinese cities (2000–2024), we employ a spatial difference-in-differences (SDiD) approach. We find that the policy signifi...