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
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.
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页码:681 / 724
页数:44
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