Economic activities are concentrated on a small share of inhabitable land. In our view, this
agglomeration is the outcome of a trade-off between increasing returns and transportation …

In recent decades, advancements in telecommunications and (air) transportation have
driven globalisation processes. Consequently, policymakers and scholars view access to …

Container ships travel between a fixed set of origins and destinations in round trips, inducing
a negative correlation in their freight rates. I study the implications of this round trip effect on …

The main objective of this paper is to analyse the effect of external debt on infrastructure
development in Africa over the 2003-2018 periods. It employs a fixed-effects Driscoll and …

We document the geographic concentration patterns of Russian manufacturing using
detailed microgeographic data. About 80% of three‐digit industries are significantly …

This paper collects data on transport corridor projects financed by the Asian Development
Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency, and World Bank and links them to a wider …

We analyze the general equilibrium effects of an asymmetric decrease in transport costs,
combining a large‐scale spatial dynamic general equilibrium model for 267 European …

That modern infrastructure is a prerequisite for economic development seems almost a
truism and one that is widely accepted by politicians around the world. However, rigorous …

Geographic clusters have received first‐order policy attention despite our limited academic
knowledge about them. I explain how coagglomeration patterns of industries can inform the …

This study presents an analysis of transport infrastructure projects and their effect on
greenhouse gas emissions. Causal inter-regional spillover effects are estimated for the …