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Shaky roads and trembling exports : assessing the trade effects of domestic infrastructure using a natural experiment
Volpe Martincus, Christian; Blyde, Juan S. - 2012
transport costs. We find that diminished transportation infrastructure had a significant negative impact on firms’ exports. … these limitations by combining firm-level data with detailed geo-referenced information on Chile and by exploiting the …
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Shaky roads and trembling exports : assessing the trade effects of domestic infrastructure using a natural experiment
Volpe Martincus, Christian; Blyde, Juan S. - In: Journal of international economics 90 (2013) 1, pp. 148-161
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Ports vs. roads : infrastructure, market access and regional outcomes
Bonadio, Barthélémy - 2024 - This version: August 2024
What determines the relative gains from improving different parts of a transportation network? Ports and roads are key components of a country’s infrastructure to access international markets. I provide a framework to jointly estimate the quality of different ports and trade costs on normal...
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The Belt and Road Initiative and China’s Export : A Soft Power Perspective
Tong, Jiadong; Yu, Ziliang; Xu, Jiayun; Tong, Meng - 2022
, and sectors. Further analysis shows that soft power increases the intensive margin of exports by approximately three times …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013492619
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Transport Corridors of the Silk Road Economic Belt Across the Eurasian Economic Union : Preliminary Estimates for Transportation Capacity and Investment Needs
Vinokurov, Evgeny - 2016
This research note contains some preliminary estimates in regard to the potential transportation capacity and investment needs of various Silk Road transportation routes that run across the Eurasian Economic Union's countries
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A bird-eye view of Costa Rica's transport infrastructure
Pisu, Mauro; Villalobos, Federico - 2016
Costa Rica's transport infrastructure sector has long suffered from insufficient and ineffective investment and maintenance spending, resulting in a congested and poor-quality transport network. Public spending has been below the OECD average and private sector participation is limited. The road...
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The emissions reduction potential for freight transport on a high-speed rail line along the "European Silk Road"
Arsenev, Aleksandr; Angers, Erica; Holzner, Mario - 2023
This report estimates the CO2 emissions of freight transport on a hypothetical high-speed rail (HSR) line along the northern route, from Lyon to Warsaw, of a 'European Silk Road' (ESR). Using a methodology consisting of predictions regarding the freight-carrying capacity of the future HSR, and...
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Information Super-Railway? Transportation Infrastructure and Information Production in Capital Markets
Chen, Kejing; Chi, J. Daniel; Guo, Wenqi - 2021
HSR network, firms experience increased information-production activities from market participants. Stock prices, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013229962
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What constrains Africa's exports?
Freund, Caroline L.; Rocha, Nadia - 2010
We examine the effects of transit, documentation, and ports and customs delays on Africa’s exports. We find that … transit delays have the most economically and statically significant effect on exports. A one day reduction in inland travel … times leads to a 7 percent increase in exports. Put another way, a one day reduction in inland travel times translates into …
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What Constrains Africa's Exports
Rocha, Nadia; Freund, Caroline L. - 2014
We examine the effects of transit, documentation, and ports and customs delays on Africa’s exports. We find that … transit delays have the most economically and statically significant effect on exports. A one day reduction in inland travel … times leads to a 7 percent increase in exports. Put another way, a one day reduction in inland travel times translates into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014198134