Roads and Trade: Evidence from the US

被引：235

作者：

Duranton, Gilles ^{[1
]}

Morrow, Peter M. ^{[2
]}

Turner, Matthew A. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[2] Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada

来源：

REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES | 2014年 / 81卷 / 02期

关键词：

Interstate highways; Transportation costs; Trade and Specialization; TRANSPORT COSTS; CITIES; SPECIALIZATION; INFRASTRUCTURE; DISTANCE;

D O I：

10.1093/restud/rdt039

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We estimate the effect of interstate highways on the level and composition of trade for US cities. Highways within cities have a large effect on the weight of city exports with an elasticity of approximately 0.5. We find little effect of highways on the total value of exports. Consistent with this, we find that cities with more highways specialize in sectors producing heavy goods.

引用

页码：681 / 724

页数：44

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