Duranton, Gilles; Turner, Matthew A. - In: Review of Economic Studies 79 (2012) 4, pp. 1407-1440
We estimate the effects of interstate highways on the growth of U.S. cities between 1983 and 2003. We find that a 10% increase in a city's initial stock of highways causes about a 1.5% increase in its employment over this 20 year period. To estimate a structural model of urban growth and...