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Landmines and Spatial Development
Chiovelli, Giorgio - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2018
Landmine contamination affects the lives of millions in many conflict-ridden countries long after the cessation of hostilities. Yet, little research exists on its impact on post-conflict recovery. In this study, we explore the economic consequences of landmine clearance in Mozambique, the only...
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Tourism and Economic Development : Evidence from Mexico's Coastline
Faber, Benjamin - 2016
Tourism is a fast-growing services sector in developing countries. This paper combines a rich collection of Mexican … consequences of tourism both locally and in the aggregate. We find that tourism causes large and significant local economic gains … regions, so that the national gains from trade in tourism are mainly driven by a classical market integration effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456375
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COVID-19 and SMEs : A 2021 "Time Bomb"?
Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier; Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This paper assesses the prospects of a 2021 time bomb in SME failures triggered by the generous support policies enacted during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis. Policies implemented in 2020, on their own, do not create a 2021 "time-bomb" for SMEs. Rather, business failures and policy costs remain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482634
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Macroeconomic Policy and Institutions During the Transition to European Union Membership
Branson, William H. - 1998
membership (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia). A Multi-Annual Fiscal Adjustment Strategy (MAFAS) and a Pre …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472253
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Railroads, Reallocation, and the Rise of American Manufacturing
Hornbeck, Richard - 2019
We examine impacts of market integration on the development of American manufacturing, as railroads expanded through the latter half of the 19th century. Using new county-by-industry data from the Census of Manufactures, we estimate substantial impacts on manufacturing productivity from relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480538
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Economies of Density in E-Commerce : A Study of Amazon’s Fulfillment Center Network
Houde, Jean-François - 2017
We examine the economies of density associated with the expansion of Amazon's distribution network from 2006 to 2018. We demonstrate that, in placing a fulfillment center in a new state, Amazon faces a trade-off between the revenue implications of exposing local customers to sales tax on their...
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Estimating the Gains from New Rail Transit Investment : A Machine Learning Tree Approach
Chin, Seungwoo - 2017
Urban rail transit investments are expensive and irreversible. Since people differ with respect to their demand for trips, their value of time, and the types of real estate they live in, such projects are likely to offer heterogeneous benefits to residents of a city. Using the opening of a major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455355
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Long-Range Growth : Economic Development in the Global Network of Air Links
Campante, Filipe - 2016
We study the impact of international long-distance flights on the global spatial allocation of economic activity. To identify causal effects, we exploit variation due to regulatory and technological constraints which give rise to a discontinuity in connectedness between cities at a distance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456027
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The Economics of "Radiator Springs : " Industry Dynamics, Sunk Costs, and Spatial Demand Shifts
Campbell, Jeffrey R. - 2016
Interstate Highway openings were permanent, anticipated demand shocks that increased gasoline demand and sometimes shifted it spatially. We investigate supply responses to these demand shocks, using county-level observations of service station counts and employment and data on highway openings'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456386
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Paving the Way to Development : Costly Migration and Labor Market Integration
Morten, Melanie - 2016
How integrated are labor markets within a country? Labor mobility is key to the integration of local labor markets and therefore to understanding the efficacy of policies to reduce regional inequality. We present a comprehensive framework for understanding migration decisions, focusing on the...
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