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Road Capacity, Domestic Trade and Regional Outcomes
Coşar, A. Kerem; Demir, Banu; Ghose, Devaki; Young, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
existing paved road network is expanded significantly? We investigate this question for the case of Turkey, which undertook a … large-scale public investment in roads during the 2000s. Using spatially disaggregated data on road upgrades and domestic …
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Investment in Infrastructure and Trade : The Case of Ports
Brancaccio, Giulia; Kalouptsidi, Myrto; Papageorgiou, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Transportation infrastructure is vital for the smooth functioning of international trade. Ports are a crucial gateway to this system: with more than 80% of trade carried by ships, they shape trade costs, and it is critical that they operate efficiently. Yet ports are susceptible to disruptions,...
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The Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Transportation Investments : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa 1960-2010
Jedwab, Remi - 2020
countries. Using changes in market access due to distant road construction as a source of exogenous variation, we estimate a 30 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481218
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Railroads of the Raj : Estimating the Impact of Transportation Infrastructure
Donaldson, Dave - 2010
How large are the benefits of transportation infrastructure projects, and what explains these benefits? To shed new light on these questions, this paper uses archival data from colonial India to investigate the impact of India's vast railroad network. Guided by four predictions from a general...
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Infrastructure and Finance : Evidence from India's GQ Highway Network
Das, Abhiman; Ghani, Ejaz; Grover, Arti; Kerr, William R.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We use data from Reserve Bank of India to study the impact of India's Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on finance-dependent activity. Loan volumes increase by 20-30% in districts along GQ and are stronger in industries more dependent upon external finance. Loan growth begins with...
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The Long-Run Impacts of Public Industrial Investment on Local Development and Economic Mobility : Evidence from World War II
Garin, Andrew; Rothbaum, Jonathan L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper studies the long-run effects of government-led construction of manufacturing plants on the regions where they were built and on individuals from those regions. Specifically, we examine publicly financed plants built in dispersed locations outside of major urban centers for security...
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Ethnic Remoteness Reduces the Peace Dividend from Trade Access
Desmet, Klaus; Gomes, Joseph Flavian - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper shows that ethnically remote locations do not reap the full peace dividend from increased market access. Exploiting the staggered implementation of the US-initiated Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and using high-resolution data on ethnic composition and violent conflict for...
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The Effect of Postsecondary Educational Institutions on Local Economies : A Bird's-Eye View
Lehnert, Patrick; Dell, Madison; Backes-Gellner, Uschi; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Despite worldwide expansion of higher education, the impact of higher education institutions on local economic activity is still poorly understood. We analyze the local economic effects of branch campus openings in Tennessee and Texas, two states representative of the underlying U.S. enrollment...
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Reconstruction Aid, Public Infrastructure, and Economic Development : The Case of the Marshall Plan in Italy
Giorcelli, Michela; Bianchi, Nicola - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
The Marshall Plan (1948-1952) was the largest aid transfer in history. This paper estimates its effects on Italy's postwar economic development. It exploits differences between Italian provinces in the value of reconstruction grants they received. Provinces that could modernize more their...
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Infrastructure Inequality : Who Pays the Cost of Road Roughness?
Currier, Lindsey; Glaeser, Edward L.; Kreindler, Gabriel E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
road roughness throughout America using vertical acceleration data from Uber rides across millions of American roads. Our … measure correlates strongly and positively with other measures of road roughness where they are available, negatively with … driver speed, and we find road repair events decrease roughness and increase speeds. We measure drivers' willingness …
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