Uncongested mobility in urban India Variation in transportation performance is driven by uncongested mobility due to everyday road obstructions, not conventional traffic congestion Infrastructure Prottoy A. Akbar Victor Couture Gilles Duranton Adam Storeygard Published 18.11.19
The role of the railway network in the growth of London The expansion of transport networks in the 19th century substantially impacted the subsequent economic growth and population distribution in the city Infrastructure Stephan Heblich Stephen Redding Daniel Sturm Published 31.10.18
Bridging the gap: Reducing rural isolation with new infrastructure New bridges generated a 19% internal rate of return by mitigating the loss of wage income due to floods and inducing spillovers on farm productivity Infrastructure Wyatt Brooks Kevin Donovan Published 07.09.18
What are the economic effects of landmine clearance? Demining in Mozambique had a significant impact on the economy due to large positive spillovers Infrastructure Giorgio Chiovelli Stelios Michalopoulos Elias Papaioannou Published 17.08.18
Congestion pricing to solve traffic jams in Bangalore: Not so fast! Congestion pricing is not as effective in reducing travel times as one might presume Infrastructure Gabriel Kreindler Published 29.06.18
Law of the land: Ethnic patronage in Kenya’s slums Slum tenants face higher rents and lower investments when their landlord and chief share ethnicity, while gaining when their chief is a co-ethnic Infrastructure Benjamin Marx Tavneet Suri Thomas Stoker Nidhi Parekh Published 11.05.18
Ghana’s infrastructure: The mystery of misspending The primary cause of incomplete infrastructure projects in Ghana is poor financial planning. This video documents the evolution of this study. Infrastructure Martin J. Williams Published 03.05.18
The equitable benefits of Colombia’s bus rapid transit system Investments in bus rapid transit systems can lead to large returns that benefit the high-skilled more than we might expect Infrastructure Nick Tsivanidis Published 01.05.18
The economics of clearing land mines How does the clearance of land mines impact economic activity in Mozambique? Elias Papaioannou sheds some insight using geographical and micro-level economic data. Infrastructure Elias Papaioannou Published 16.03.18
