outsourcing of investment services. Globalization, captured by a move from autarky to the integrated-world equilibrium, leads to …

the increased land-usage of ports, and ii) sizeable gains from cities’ endogenous specialization across port- and non-port … shipping – a relatively land-intensive technology –, we find an important role for this crowding-out effect. At the local level … containerization, our quantitative model featuring endogenous port development also implies i) sizeable welfare costs associated with …

This paper presents a new methodology to detect corruption in customs and applies it to Madagascar’s main port …

international and internal trade with port and road infrastructure to assess the relative importance of ports versus roads in … elasticity of route switching governs the relative gains from port vs road improvements. I find that returns of improving ports …What determines the relative gains from improving different parts of a transportation network? Ports and roads are key …