Looming stations: valuing transport innovations in historical context

We investigate the impact of transport innovations on the productivity of urban locations in 1890–1936 Berlin, Germany. We find an increase in land value of up to 2.5% per 100 m decline in distance to urban railway station.

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Year of publication:	2009-10
Authors:	Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. ; Wendland, Nicolai
Institutions:	London School of Economics (LSE)

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	LSE Research Online Documents on Economics.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in Economics Letters, October, 2009, 105(1), pp. 97-99. ISSN: 0165-1765
Classification:	L91 - Transportation: General ; L96 - Telecommunications
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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