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Transport Infrastructure, City Productivity Growth and Sectoral Reallocation : Evidence from China
Yang, Yang - 2019
This paper examines the impact of highway expansion on aggregate productivity growth andsectoral reallocation between cities in China. To do so, I construct a unique dataset ofbilateral transportation costs between Chinese cities, digitized highway network maps, andfirm-level census. I first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012895102
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Roads and jobs in Ethiopia
Fiorini, Matteo; Sanfilippo, Marco - 2019
We look at how improving roads can affect jobs and structural transformation. We use a novel geocoded dataset covering the universe of Ethiopian roads and match this information with individual data to identify the effects of improvements in road infrastructure on the creation, quality, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161342
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Transport Infrastructure, City Productivity Growth and Sectoral Reallocation : Evidence from China
Yang, Yang - 2017
This paper examines the effects of economic integration resulting from highway construction on aggregate productivity and the spatial distribution of industries. To do so, I construct a unique dataset of bilateral transportation costs between Chinese cities, digitized highway network maps, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014124353
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Economic and political factors in infrastructure investment : evidence from railroads and roads in Africa 1960-2015
Jedwab, Remi; Storeygard, Adam - In: Economic history of developing regions 34 (2019) 2, pp. 156-208
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240348
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The socio-economic and environmental impact of a large infrastructure project : the case of the Konkan Railway in India
Jaiswal, Sreeja; Bensch, Gunther; Navalkar, Aniket; … - 2022
Railways are a key infrastructure that facilitates trade and regional integration with potential consequences on local development and the environment in hitherto backward regions. In this article, we study the medium- to long-term socio-economic and environmental infrastructure impacts for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012813725
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The impact of infrastructure on Trade in Central Asia
Karymshakov, Kamalbek; Sulaimanova, Burulcha - 2020
The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of infrastructure on trade in the case of Central Asian countries. Infrastructure is measured by the aspects of quality and quantity in three Central Asian countries - Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan. Trade flows are measured by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012289825
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Roads for Asian integration : measuring ADB's contribution to the Asian highway network
Madhur, Srinivasa; Wignaraja, Ganeshan; Darjes, Peter - 2009
Against the backdrop of growing momentum for regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in Asia, this paper examines the link between regional roads and Asian Development Bank (ADB) support between 1966 and 2008. The novel methodology used in this paper includes an Asia-wide definition of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283452
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Downsized, restructured and greener (2019-23) : a new era for China's New Silk Road?
Barisitz, Stephan - 2024
This study focuses on the most recent development of Chinese overseas investment and construction and of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2019-23, from a project-oriented perspective. As a source we use data of the China Global Investment Tracker (CGIT) of the American Enterprise Institute....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512859
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Towards sustainable development : the impact of transport infrastructure expenditure on the ecological footprint in India
Hussain, Moon Moon; Pal, Shreya; Villanthenkodath, … - In: Innovation and green development 2 (2023) 2, pp. 1-10
public sector on ecological footprint while controlling the factors like urbanization, mobile use, electricity consumption … the ecological footprint, while urbanization, mobile use, and electricity consumption increase it both in the short and … expenditure and sustainable economic growth. Similarly, it urges the need for sustainable urbanization, eco-friendly mobile use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014433870
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Open access to infrastructure networks : the experience of railroads
Gómez-Ibáñez, José A. - In: Review of industrial organization : RIO 49 (2016) 2, pp. 311-345
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