Railways are a key infrastructure that facilitates trade and regional integration with potential consequences on local …-economic and environmental infrastructure impacts for the case of the Konkan Railway, which is one of the biggest railway … cover induced by the railways. The findings encourage policy makers – in assessing the effects of transport infrastructure …

CTA acceptance in China, Germany, and the United States. Public acceptance is highest among Chinese respondents where 60 …

The process of economic reforms launched in 1978, and gradually extended until current days, has catapulted China into … development of China's industrial policy, in particular, the establishment of Special Economic Zones (SEZ), a salient economic …

New Silk Road railways have provided cross-continental rail freight services between China and Eurasian countries since … China. To address the issue of endogenous placement of railways, we utilize the generalized synthetic control method. We … countries based on whether they share boundary with China …

We raise the hypothesis that aid specifically targeted at economic infrastructure helps developing countries attract … higher FDI inflows through improving their endowment with infrastructure in transportation, communication, energy and finance … allocation of sector-specific aid, the determinants of infrastructure, and the determinants of FDI. We find fairly strong and …

The effects of foreign aid on the endowment of recipient countries with infrastructure have received surprisingly …-in-difference-in-differences estimations, with the treatment defined as steep increases in aid for infrastructure since a distinct change in donor behavior in … 2005. Mitigating endogeneity concerns in this way, we consistently find aid for infrastructure to be ineffective in …

We raise the hypothesis that aid specifically targeted at economic infrastructure helps developing countries attract … higher FDI inflows through improving their endowment with infrastructure in transportation, communication, energy and finance … allocation of sector-specific aid, the determinants of infrastructure, and the determinants of FDI. We find fairly strong and …

. State characteristics, such as health care infrastructure and the share of services in the economy, played an important role … infrastructure, and social safety nets …