This chapter surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on the relationship between the
spatial distribution of economic activity and transportation costs. We develop a multiregion …

This survey reviews the current state of the economic literature, assessing the impact of
transport investments and policies on growth, inclusion, and sustainability in a developing …

This paper studies the impact of transport infrastructure projects of the Belt and Road
Initiative on shipment times and trade costs. Based on a new data on completed and …

This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial distribution of
economic activity within subnational regions across a large number of developing countries …

Nearly a third of the world's rural population does not live near a paved road, and it is widely
believed that this limits their access to economic opportunities. Using a natural experiment …

Using a geo-coded micro-level panel dataset for Spanish manufacturing firms, I estimate the
effect of access to highways on firm-level productivity. To identify the causal effect of …

Drawing on the large-scale public investment in roads undertaken in Turkey during the
2000s, this paper contributes to our understanding of how internal transportation …

We study optimal transport networks in spatial equilibrium. We develop a framework
consisting of a neoclassical trade model with labor mobility in which locations are arranged …

Using high-speed railway (HSR) construction in China as a quasi-experiment, this paper
contributes to the understanding of how transportation infrastructure affects …

This paper reviews recent research on geography and trade. One of the key empirical
findings over the last decade has been the role of geography in shaping the distributional …