This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial concentration of economic activity …

This study investigates the economic impact of China's "stadium diplomacy" in Sub-Saharan Africa. Exploiting the … widely held notion that China's development finance projects constitute "white elephants". …

Deepening financial development and rapid economic growth in China have been accompanied by widening income disparity … on China’s growth performance. Our empirical results show that financial development significantly promotes economic … China’s regional disparities. …

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 … improvements in transport infrastructure (i.e., the road density network, air transport, railways, ports, and logistics) have …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of infrastructure on trade in the case of Central Asian countries …. Infrastructure is measured by the aspects of quality and quantity in three Central Asian countries - Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic … and quantity of infrastructure in Central Asia have a positive impact on trade flows. However, estimations by country …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of infrastructure on trade in the case of Central Asian countries …. Infrastructure is measured by the aspects of quality and quantity in three Central Asian countries - Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic … and quantity of infrastructure in Central Asia have a positive impact on trade flows. However, estimations by country …

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 … improvements in transport infrastructure (i.e., the road density network, air transport, railways, ports, and logistics) have …

We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … capital, and infrastructure capital... …

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 … systems, plays a significant role in economic growth. The development of core infrastructure - one of the European Union (EU … addressing the identified issues is needed to assess the impact of infrastructure on economic growth and convergence …