This paper analyses the effect of international borders and of trade agreements at international borders on subnational … 1950 and 2017. Our results show that international borders decrease regional income per capita, while trade agreements at … international borders increase regional income per capita by about the same magnitude. The positive marginal effect of trade …

This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial concentration of economic activity … with measures of spatial inequality based on remotely-sensed data, we analyse the effects of transport projects on the … immediate periphery. Transport projects decentralize activity particularly strongly in regions that are more urbanized, located …

investment in an international infrastructure capital, the stock of which accumulates over time. Depending on the trade costs and … certain level, the infrastructure stock decreases (increases) over time, and the world economy will end up in autarky (two …This paper develops a two-country model of intraindustry trade with trade costs, which can be reduced by public …

Can public infrastructure help regions to mitigate large shocks? We examine how hospital infrastructure contributes to … hospital infrastructure. In contrast, rural areas without adequate infrastructure absorb shocks poorly, and voters punish the … governing parties in the next elections. We conclude that public infrastructure can mitigate large external shocks, especially …

We investigate the effects of US-imposed trade sanctions on the global trade patterns of sanctioned countries by … partial and complete US sanctions lead to significant reductions in bilateral trade between the US and target countries as … well as between target and third countries. A unit increase in the intensity of complete trade sanctions in place reduces …

Africa's interior-to-coast roads are well suited to export natural resources, but not to support regional trade. Are …

There is a large literature on the role infrastructure plays in economic development, but few papers document the … causal effect of infrastructure on the sustainability of natural resources. We examine the effect of the arrival of two new … of new infrastructure building may be significant and needs to be incorporated in benefit-cost analysis. …

trade-driven growth through increased intraregional infrastructure connectivity and regional economic integration. In 1992 …, a pan-Asian transport connectivity was initiated through, Asian Highway Network and Trans-Asian Railways Network. In … finance greater physical connectivity, at the pan-Asian, sub-regional and national levels, Asia will require a strong and …

reduce world carbon emissions. We analyze the effects of carbon tariffs on trade, welfare and carbon emissions in a multi … countries. Most remarkably, world carbon emissions increase by 0.49 percent in the investigated counterfactual scenario, with a …

An empirical measure of trade openness is defined as the ratio of total trade to GDP, and represents a convenient … study examines the informational content of the trade openness measure using intranational and international data. We find … that, even for fully integrated economies within a country, trade openness is approximately half as variable as it is for …