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Transit infrastructure is a critical asset for economic activity yet costly to build in dense urban environments. We … plausible mechanism for the price gains. Higher prices reflect both higher rents and lower risk. Infrastructure improvements …
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Cities are shaped by transportation infrastructure. Older cities were anchored by waterways. Nineteenth century cities … value of investing in transportation infrastructure. Future transportation innovations, including autonomous vehicles and …
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We examine the productivity of public infrastructure in a general equilibrium context. In our model, infrastructure … to variety. Infrastructure alters factor prices, intermediate prices and the allocation of factors across sectors. The …
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In this paper we examine the effects of publicly financed infrastructure and R&D capital on the cost structure and … dominate while in others changes in technology or relative prices are the main contributors. Publicly financed infrastructure …
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The impact of public infrastructure investment on the productive performance of firms has been an important focus of …. However, detailed evaluation of the infrastructure impact is difficult using existing studies which rely on restricted models …, nonproduction and production labor and energy) use of manufacturing firms to evaluate the contribution of infrastructure to firms …
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We examine the optimal financing of infrastructure when governments have limited financial commitment and can … expropriate rents from private sector firms that manage infrastructure. While private firms need incentives to implement projects … investors to fund infrastructure projects. Optimal financing involves government guarantees to investors against project failure …
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This paper provides evidence of the long-run effects of a permanent increase in agricultural productivity on conflict. We construct a newly digitized and geo-referenced dataset of battles in Europe, the Near East and North Africa covering the period between 1400 and 1900 CE. For variation in...
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The Inca Empire was the last of a long series of highly developed cultures in pre-colonial South America. It stretched across parts of the current territories of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and the whole of Peru. The Inca Road was its 30,000-kilometer-long transportation system....
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, consumption levels, infrastructure, literacy or population density through 2002. This finding suggests that local recovery from …
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