In this paper, we analyze the impact of transportation infrastructure quantity and quality on regional economic … accounting for endogeneity. We find, in line with existing research, a positive impact of the quantity of transport … infrastructure both locally and supra-regionally. We furthermore provide evidence for the claim that insufficient maintenance and low …

resulted in increased trade flows. Information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure has also enhanced trade, as …Infrastructure plays a key role in facilitating trade, especially since recent trade liberalization in Asia has … resulted in significant tariff reductions. This study quantifies the impacts of both hard and soft infrastructure on trade …

Core infrastructure, which covers transportation, information and communication (ICT), energy, water and sanitation … growth and convergence, the estimated impact is not statistically significant except for some types of ICT and transport … systems, plays a significant role in economic growth. The development of core infrastructure - one of the European Union (EU …

The recent experience of infrastructure investment in the People's Republic of China (PRC) suggests an intertwined … infrastructure investment, which then drives economic growth via various channels including reducing transaction costs and raising … productivity. Another mechanism emphasized in this paper is that infrastructure investment can promote urbanization through …

This paper uses a general equilibrium trade framework to estimate the contribution of transport infrastructure to … infrastructure. I first analyze the development effects of a recent Indian highway project that improved connections between the four … largest economic centers. I estimate the effect of this new infrastructure on income across districts using satellite data on …

Development economists have considered physical infrastructure to be a precondition for industrialization and economic … effectiveness of infrastructure in reducing poverty is important, experimental evaluation, such as randomized control trials (RCT …)-based evaluation, is difficult in the context of large-scale infrastructure. Second, while micro studies so far have focused on the …

Infrastructure plays a key role in facilitating trade, especially since recent trade liberalization in Asia has … resulted in significant tariff reductions. This study quantifies the impacts of both hard and soft infrastructure on trade …

This study investigated the impact of infrastructure and human capital development on economic growth in transitional … infrastructure and human capital development on economic growth, no study that the author is aware of has so far explored whether the … interaction between infrastructure and human capital development enhances economic growth. The study mainly used a dynamic panel …

, and particularly rail, outweigh the costs of infrastructure spending …

This paper documents the potential employment and other value-added benefits of infrastructure investments in Ontario …. In particular, it details the impact of infrastructure investment as a counter-cyclical fiscal policy tool. A review of … the recent literature reveals that infrastructure investment serves both as a tool for job creation and as a stimulus for …