emissions related to transport are of smaller magnitude, roughly 3% in both periods. In a third exercise, we use linear …

factors – in terms of transport and information – explain behaviour of different components. Previous analyses should be …

system at all, depends on institutional quality and access to well developed transport and communications infrastructure …We work with a panel of bilateral trade flows from 1988 to 2002, exploring the influence of infrastructure … the institutions and infrastructure literature in this respect, using selection-based gravity modeling of trade flows. We …

influenced by the scale of the economy, measured by its population; and third, investment in transport and communication is …

This Paper first develops a tractable economic geography model we use to investigate the decline of transport costs as … transport costs between the 341 French Employment Areas. We find that intermediate inputs and geographical features play a … incentives exist in France. By contrast, a short-run analysis of the impact of a transport costs decline reveals that whereas …

This Paper develops a methodology to compute transport costs at low infra-country geographical levels. This … simultaneously accounts for the real network infrastructure, a distance cost (fuel, repair, tolls), and a time opportunity cost … these simpler transport cost measures. Besides, the large decrease in transport costs that occurred in France between 1978 …

How should a policy-maker prioritize interventions to improve the public infrastructure with which firms operate and … public input character of physical infrastructure and institutions, and uses an O-ring production function to model the … impact of poor quality infrastructure on output. Using survey data from over 72,000 firms in 95 countries, we verify the …

into joint ventures is especially relevant in the context of infrastructure projects in developing countries, though other …