近来看到媒体在讨论这个问题时，都提到了这篇论文，看来国人也学会了用学术观点来论证自己的论点，《南方周末》文章》新城傍高铁：“死城”隐忧》和傅蔚冈的《注定荒芜的高铁新城》都引述了这篇文章第22页的一段：
NTHS connections on the waybetween targeted destinations have on average reduced GDP growth by about 18 percent over a nine year period between 1997-2006 compared to non-connected peripheral counties. Local government revenue growth is reduced by approximately 23 percent. These adverse growth effects appear to be mainly driven by a decline in industrial output growth of approximately 26 percent over the nine year period.

当然这只是美国学者的观点，实际情况怎么样估计只有高铁沿线城市的同学才知道了。
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