Unraveling the rectifying role of transportation improvement on resource misallocation among manufacturing firms in China–Facts and mechanism

• Zhaohua Zhang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zzh868@163.com

  Affiliation School of Economics, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3180-1269

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• Zhao Zhang,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Information and Electrical Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

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• Xin Wang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Economics, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin, China

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• Derrick Robinson

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Senior Researcher & Policy Analyst, Center On Policy Initiatives, San Diego, California, United States of America

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