This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial concentration of economic activity …

connectivity as well as infrastructure financing needs in Asia. It also examines the nature and characteristics of existing and new …Asia, particularly its major economies has witnessed slower growth in recent years. To make Asia more economically … trade-driven growth through increased intraregional infrastructure connectivity and regional economic integration. In 1992 …

This paper studies regional treatment effects of infrastructure projects on economic growth, employment and intermodal …

The distribution of transport infrastructure across space is the outcome of deliberate government planning that … government activities, the economic forces shaping the endogenous emergence of infrastructure have not been rigorously studied … transport infrastructure investments across continuous space. Allowing for intra- and international trade, the resulting …

This paper quantitatively assesses the macroeconomic effects of the recently agreed U.S. bipartisan infrastructure … types of infrastructure spending and linkages between the final and intermediate goods sectors. We find that infrastructure … multipliers above unity if infrastructure spending and rising public debt are financed by consumption, dividend and labour income …

This paper traces the 11,000 year evolution of infrastructure systems during major periods of innovation, expansion and … positive feedback between early capital market development and investment in infrastructure innovations that lowered system …-wide transaction costs has been a critical factor in sustaining growth since 1800. The paper sets out a model of infrastructure …

by NGOs and researchers alike. This study investigates the impacts of private forest plantations on local infrastructure … regression model with observations of the size and quality of infrastructure and social services in the villages and with … infrastructure and social services in adjacent villages. The results suggest that large-scale private forest plantations can …

We examine how new airport infrastructure influences regional tourism. Identification is based on the conversion of a … pronounced in the county where the airport is located. Our results suggest that new transportation infrastructure promotes …