The Implications of the New Silk Road Railways on Local Development

This paper studies regional treatment effects of infrastructure projects on economic growth, employment and intermodal transport volumes. The recent Belt and Road Initiative provides an experiment that can be evaluated using matching econometrics. Our results show that the establishment of a new railway connection is not systematically associated with short-run economic growth. However, it spurs employment and road freight by stimulating intermodal transport

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Year of publication:	2019
Authors:	Fang, Ling
Other Persons:	Kleimann, Martin (contributor) ; Li, Yuan (contributor) ; Schmerer, Hans-Jörg (contributor)
Publisher:	[2019]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Neue Seidenstraße \| New silk road \| Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen \| International economic relations \| China \| Regionalentwicklung \| Regional development \| Europa \| Europe \| Schienenverkehr \| Railway transport \| Welt \| World \| Asien \| Asia \| Kommunale Entwicklung \| Local development \| Verkehrsweg \| Transport route

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (36 p)
Series:	CESifo Working Paper ; No. 7923
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments 2019 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.3480929 [DOI]
Classification:	F00 - International Economics. General ; F15 - Economic Integration ; F19 - Trade. Other
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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