profitability of firms in India. We construct a district-level market access index using Indian road network shapefiles, district … road connectivity resulted in a lower dispersion of ROA between 2001 and 2015 in India. …This paper investigates whether better access to markets through an improved road network plays a role in improving the …

A significant amount of resources is spent every year on the improvement of transportation infrastructure in developing … countries. In this paper, we investigate the effects of one such large project, the Golden Quadrilateral in India. We do so … several channels through which transportation infrastructure affects welfare. In particular, the model accounts for gains …