We examine how highway accessibility influences local employment outcomes. We exploit the stagewise expansion of the "Baltic Sea highway", the largest contiguous highway construction project in Germany since 1945. Results from difference-indifferences estimations and an event study approach show...

How does a new highway in Germany impact residential real estate prices – both owner-occupied and rental properties? Construction of the A38 highway was completed in 2009 and expanded by additional interchanges at several points in time, through 2013. The highway connects the east and west of...