Brancaccio, Giulia; Kalouptsidi, Myrto; Papageorgiou, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Transportation infrastructure is vital for the smooth functioning of international trade. Ports are a crucial gateway … operate efficiently. Yet ports are susceptible to disruptions, causing costly delays. With enormous budgets spent on …, but only if targeted properly- in fact, net of costs, investment has positive returns at a minority of US ports; (ii …