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How does the memory of lives lost in past wars shape communities and the next generation of soldiers? We use newly … collected data on geolocated British servicemen to study the legacy of the Great War mortality shock on local communities and …
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particularly strongly across generations, such as education and health spending, green energy, and major transport projects. In …
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For a quarter century, a top priority in transportation economic theory has been to develop models of rush-hour traffic dynamics that incorporate traffic jams (hypercongestion). The difficulty has been that "proper" models result in mathematical intractabilty, while none of the proposed...
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We study the interactions between fuel efficiency improvements in the transport sector and the oil market, where the … noticeable effect on the transport sector, but also on other sectors through lower oil prices in the regions that introduce the …
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This paper analyzes the effect of transport subsidies on the spatial expansion of cities, asking whether subsidies are … a source of undesirable urban sprawl. While the cost-reducing effect of transport subsidies is offset by a higher … expansion of cities. If the transport system exhibits constant returns to scale, the subsidies are inefficient, making the urban …
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We develop a spatial model of energy exploitation where energy sources are differentiated by their geographic location and energy density. The spatial setting creates a scaling law that magnifies the importance of differences across energy sources. As a result, renewable sources twice as dense,...
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In three large-scale field experiments with over 32,500 individuals, we investigate whether public transport uptake can …
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show that the disruption in rail transport increases bus ticket sales. Crucially, the effect persists beyond the strike …, indicating that travellers do not return to their originally preferred mode of transport. It is particularly pronounced for …
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n this paper we determine the main driving forces underlying the structural transformation and urbanization process in rapidly industrializing countries. We use a dynamic, small open economy model with an abundant supply of surplus labor in rural areas, two types of traded goods manufactured in...
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This paper discusses the recent literature on the role of the state in economic development. It concludes that government incentives to enact sound policies are key to economic success. It also discusses the evidence on what happens after episodes of economic and political liberalizations,...
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