We study the long-run effects of one of the most ambitious regional development programs
in US history: the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Using as controls authorities that were …

Most regulations designed to reduce environmental externalities impose costs on
individuals and firms. A large and growing literature examines whether these costs are …

Since the early 1990s, there has been a renaissance in the study of regional growth, spurred
by new models, methods, and data. We survey a range of modeling traditions, and some …

The establishment of modern agricultural demonstration zones, as an important initiative to
promote the modernization of agriculture, has attracted much attention as to whether its …

For over a century, starting with the work of Alfred Marshall (and also in resource
economics), economic geography has emphasized the productivity of dense urban …

We study the history and geography of wealth accumulation in the US, using newly collected
historical property tax records since the early 1800s. The US General Property Tax was a …

Global phenomena, such as climate change, often have local impacts that are spatially
correlated. We show that greater spatial correlation of productivities can increase …

It has been proposed that geography influences economic growth for many reasons.
Previous analyses of comparative development seem to have sidestepped the question of …

This paper investigates how innovation responded to and shaped the economic impact of
the American Dust Bowl, an environmental catastrophe that led to widespread soil erosion …

Global concern is rising about the performance of the agricultural sector in view of its integral
role in poverty alleviation, economic development and meeting an ever-increasing …