We show that the creation of the first integrated pan-European transport network during Roman times influences economic integration over two millennia. Drawing on spatially highly disaggregated data on excavated Roman ceramics, we document that interregional trade was strongly influenced by...

While advances in information technology and interconnectivity have improved efficiency for transportation infrastructure, they have also created higher risk associated with cyber systems. The objective of this study is to inform transportation policy and management in the U.S. by identifying...

The development of toll road in developing countries especially in Indonesia was very slow. Although the Government of Indonesia has an accelerated toll road plan for 2020 was 4,000 km, but toll road length in 2013 was still 784 km. Because of that, the gap of toll road length in Indonesia has...

This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on the relationship between the spatial distribution of economic activity and transportation costs. We develop a multi-region model of economic geography that we use to understand the general equilibrium implications of transportation...

This paper blends insights about time inconsistency from two distinct literatures: behavioural economics and macroeconomic policy, and applies them to the problems of infrastructure investment and finance. We explore the interplays between these different forms of time inconsistency, and...