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Infrastructure grants and the performance of microenterprises
Chaurey, Ritam; Duong Trung Le - 2018
We evaluate the impact of a place-based infrastructure development scheme directed towards India's most "backward …
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Green infrastructure and air pollution: evidence from highways connecting two megacities in China
Yu, Bo; Tran, Trang My; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2021
Following market liberalisation, the vehicle population in China has increased dramatically over the past few decades. This paper examines the causal impact of the opening of a heavily used high speed rail line connecting two megacities in China in 2015, Chengdu and Chongqing, on air pollution....
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Firms and labor in times of violence : evidence from the Mexican drug war
Utar, Hâle - 2022
plausibly exogenous spatiotemporal variation in the homicide rate during the outbreak of drug-trade related violence in Mexico …
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How should we measure infrastructure? : the case of highways and streets
Kornfeld, Robert; Fraumeni, Barbara M. - 2024
The recent debates on infrastructure spending have led to renewed interest in the measurement of infrastructure and its … effects on growth and well-being. This paper updates estimates of one important type of infrastructure capital—highways and … paper encourages discussion about how to measure infrastructure capital, particularly highways and streets, and its effects. …
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Constructing BEA highways and streets net wealth stocks with detailed types of investment and engineering-based estimates of depreciation
Fraumeni, Barbara M.; Kornfeld, Robert - 2024
This paper builds on a previous paper by the authors (Kornfeld and Fraumeni, 2022) that primarily used U.S. Federal Highway Administration Highway Statistics data to disaggregate investment in highways and streets into more detailed types to produce updated estimates of net wealth stocks and...
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Expressway to power: infrastructure projects and political support
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Okoye, Dozie; Turan, Belgi - 2020
This paper provides causal evidence on how political parties consolidate power in an electoral democracy. We collect administrative data on expressway construction by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey, and use province-by-year variation in expressway construction to show that...
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Does electrification spur the fertility transition? : evidence from Indonesia
Grimm, Michael; Sparrow, Robert; Tasciotti, Luca - 2014
We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility, using a pseudo-panel of Indonesian districts covering the period 1993-2010. Identification of causal effects relies on a district-fixed effects approach and controlling for local economic development. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350358
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Does official development assistance affect donor's export? : case of Korea
Noh, Bobae; Heshmati, Almas - 2017
dominates responding to lower income and disaster experienced countries' needs, even when lower bilateral trade prevails. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011612988
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Immigrant entrepreneurs, diasporas and exports
Bratti, Massimiliano; De Benedictis, Luca; Santoni, Gianluca - 2018
on trade flows in manufacturing between Italian provinces and more than 200 foreign countries, we assess the causal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011795104
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Working from home and commuting : heterogeneity over time, space, and occupations
Vos, Duco de; Ham, Maarten van; Meijers, Evert J. - 2019
Teleworking may increase the willingness to accept a longer commute. This paper presents new evidence of the effect of teleworking on the length of commutes. We use novel panel data from the Netherlands, for the years 2008-2018, and find stronger effects compared to studies that use older data....
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