A good transport network connects places better, but research traditionally contextualizes transportation as a line. Assessing transport connectivity's impact, we construct network indices derivable from Donaldson and Hornbeck's (2016) micro-foundations but propose better identification using a...

This research unveils a “network-mediated spillover effect” of transport connectivity. The quasi-experiment was a 4.3-km rail line, servicing a small nonresidential area of Singapore but stimulating a city-wide spillover effect on housing prices for better connecting existing routes. By...

Examining China’s manufacturing and transportation, we analyze how rapid expressway-network expansion fostered market access and industrial development. A domestic-trade model generates the market-access formula, estimatable equations, and economics for empirical findings. An estimation of...

Housing affordability is often concerning in superstar cities. Like the Taipei metropolis, housing is too expensive in the fully built-up central city, but jobs are there. How can the government incentivize developers to create new housing in areas where households need not be stretch commuters?...

Does new road connectivity affect schooling and household spending on teenagers’ human capital development? We investigate this issue in the context of China’s expanding highway system. Using spatial-temporal national highway dataset and CFPS data, this paper employs variations in the timing...