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Optimal Transport Networks in Spatial Equilibrium
Fajgelbaum, Pablo D. - 2017
transport costs depend on congestion and on the infrastructure in each link, giving rise to an optimal transport problem in … general equilibrium. The optimal transport network is the solution to a social planner's problem of building infrastructure in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962178
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Railroads of the Raj : Estimating the Impact of Transportation Infrastructure
Donaldson, Dave - 2010
How large are the benefits of transportation infrastructure projects, and what explains these benefits? To shed new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136742
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On the Road : Access to Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China
Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2014
consistent with factor mobility playing an important role in determining the economic benefits of infrastructure development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013066520
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Agricultural Improvements and Access to Rail Transportation : the American Midwest as a Test Case, 1850-1860
Atack, Jeremy - 2015
During the 1850s, land in U.S. farms surged by more than 100 million acres while almost 50 million acres of land were transformed from their raw, natural state into productive farmland. The time and expense of transforming this land into a productive resource represented a significant fraction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039250
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The Fundamental Law of Road Congestion : Evidence from Us Cities
Duranton, Gilles - 2010
We investigate the relationship between interstate highways and highway vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT) in US cities. We find that VKT increases proportionately to highways and identify three important sources for this extra VKT: an increase in driving by current residents; an increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013150839
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Transportation and Health in the Antebellum United States 1820-1847
Zimran, Ariell - 2018
I study the impact of transportation on health in the rural US, 1820–1847. Measuring health by average stature, I find that greater transportation linkage, as measured by market access, in a cohort's county-year of birth had an adverse impact on its health. A one-standard deviation increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912169
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The Welfare Effects of Transportation Infrastructure Improvements
Allen, Treb - 2019
infrastructure investments. We tackle three distinct but conflating challenges: First, we offer an analytical characterization of the … routing problem and, in particular, how infrastructure investment between any two connected locations decreases the total …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012893982
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Landmines and Spatial Development
Chiovelli, Giorgio - 2020
. Third, recognizing that landmine removal recon˝figured the accessibility to the transportation infrastructure, we apply a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824919
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Social Connectedness in Urban Areas
Bailey, Michael - 2019
metro area. We highlight the importance of transportation infrastructure in shaping urban social networks by showing that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012867065
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Transportation Costs and the Spatial Organization of Economic Activity
Redding, Stephen J. - 2014
general equilibrium implications of transportation infrastructure improvements within and between locations for wages … effects of transportation infrastructure improvements on economic development, paying particular attention to the use of … exogenous sources of variation in the construction of transportation infrastructure. We examine evidence from different spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052110