This paper analyzes the existence of electoral cycles in infrastructure provision in the context of a large rural road building program in India. We use data covering 150,000 roads over a decade to demonstrate an increase in road building activity before state elections. These electoral cycles...

In wintertime, snowfall causes road blockages especially in areas located at high altitudes and consequently interrupts daily activities of dwellers in these areas. Damavand is a city located in the Alborz mountain range whose roads are mostly covered by snow in winter. An initial action to open...

Transportation infrastructure is associated with economic development, but it can also be used for social control and to benefit the governing elite. We explore the connection between the construction of road networks, state-led repression, and land allocations in the longest dictatorship in...