Evaluations of new infrastructure in developing countries typically focus on direct effects, such as the impact of an … electrifification program on household energy use. But if new infrastructure induces people to move into an area, other local publicly … provided goods may become congested, offsetting the benefit of the infrastructure. We use a simple model to show how to measure …

and policy environment. We hypothesise that more developed transportation and communication infrastructure and lower … dispersion varies positively with the regional density of highway, railroad and telephone infrastructure, but negatively with …

public deficit, while in the second they are used in cost-reducing public investment in infrastructure. In the latter case …

simultaneously accounts for the real network infrastructure, a distance cost (fuel, repair, tolls), and a time opportunity cost …

We evaluate the role that cities play on individual productivity in China. First, we show that location explains a …. Overall, these results strongly support the productivity gains that can be expected from further migration and urbanisation in …

general equilibrium model for the valuation of these effects. The model is estimated using data on transport infrastructure …

Can infrastructure investment win “hearts and minds”? We analyze a famous case in the early stages of dictatorship …

. Depending on the advantages, an increase in the productivity of the investment can decrease or increase the amount of investment …