Over the past two decades, China has embarked on an ambitious program of expressway network expansion. By facilitating market integration, this program aims both to promote efficiency at the national level and to contribute to the catch-up of lagging inland regions with prosperous Eastern ones....

In June 2016, the UK voted to leave the European Union (Brexit). It took until January 2021 before a trade deal was finally agreed and the UK's departure was com- pleted. There have been a number of studies have sought to estimate the impact of Brexit on the UK's regions, mostly using...