The Permanent Effects of Transportation Revolutions in Poor Countries: Evidence from Africa
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- Remi Jedwab & Alexander Moradi, 2016. "The Permanent Effects of Transportation Revolutions in Poor Countries: Evidence from Africa," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 98(2), pages 268-284, May.
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Transportation; Railroads; Development; Cities; Path Dependence; Roads;JEL classification:
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
- R4 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics
- R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics
- N97 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Africa; Oceania
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2015-09-11 (Africa)
- NEP-ALL-2015-09-11 (All new papers)
- NEP-GEO-2015-09-11 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-GRO-2015-09-11 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2015-09-11 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-TRE-2015-09-11 (Transport Economics)
- NEP-URE-2015-09-11 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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