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To be connected or not to be connected? The role of long-haul economies
[Do rural roads create pathways out of poverty? Evidence from India]

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  • Hans R A Koster
  • Takatoshi Tabuchi
  • Jacques-François Thisse

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We investigate whether localities gain or lose employment when there are connected to a transportation network, such as a high-speed railway line. We argue that long-haul economies—implying that the marginal transportation cost decreases with network distance—play a pivotal role in understanding the location choices of firms. We develop a new spatial model to show that improvements in transportation infrastructure have nontrivial impacts on the location choices of firms. Using data on Japan’s Shinkansen, we show that ‘in-between’ municipalities that are connected to the Shinkansen witness a sizable decrease in employment.

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  • Hans R A Koster & Takatoshi Tabuchi & Jacques-François Thisse, 2022. "To be connected or not to be connected? The role of long-haul economies [Do rural roads create pathways out of poverty? Evidence from India]," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 22(4), pages 711-753.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jecgeo:v:22:y:2022:i:4:p:711-753.
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    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R40 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - General

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