" This book is a study of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that ranges vastly
beyond the Pakistan-centric literature that is commonly used in related studies. It delves into …

This paper studies how the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914 changed counties' market
potential and influenced the economic geography of the USA. We compute shipment …

While traditional industries like textile or lumber mills have received a majority of the
scholarly attention devoted to southern economic development, Faith in Bikinis presents an …

This paper looks in detail at an innovative idea for new city governance promulgated by
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Romer, that of charter cities. The main methodological …

This paper examines the influence of transportation infrastructure on migration decisions in
the context of the Great Migration in the United States. Focusing on the opening of the …

A large amount of cargo is transported between European and Southeast Asian countries.
Ships sometimes take different routes when sailing between ports due to the best …

The openings (and closure for the latter) of the Panama and Suez canals were major
episodes for world trade. However, little attention has been given by be the trade literature to …

Is geography destiny? What is the role of first-nature geography in determining prosperity?
This paper estimates the effect of randomly removing and introducing favorable first-nature …

This paper explores how changes in state capacity facilitates economic growth in an
authoritarian system. This is the case of Deng Xiaoping's systematic replacement of …

This thesis is an examination of the history of environmental change in the defunct Rio
Grande river valley in the former Panama Canal Zone. By mining secondary sources and …