The National Social Science Fund of China;
university ranking;
geographical location;
the project 985;
the project 211;
HIGH-SPEED RAIL;
D O I:
10.1080/00036846.2020.1730754
中图分类号:
F [经济];
学科分类号:
02 ;
摘要:
This paper examines the relationship between the distance a college/university from Beijing city and the number of the National Social Science Fund projects it undertakes. We find that geographical location of a college/university is closely related to the number of National Social Science Fund projects it undertakes, and per hundred kilometres far away from Beijing city will result in a decrease of the number of projects by 0.24-0.50. In addition, colleges and universities located in Beijing city have significant advantages over those located in other places with more projects of 1.74-5.68. It is also shown that, for colleges and universities, especially for those top 100, the availability of high-speed railway to Beijing city significantly increases the probability of winning the National Social Science Fund projects.