Highways and productivity in manufacturing firms

被引:136
作者
Holl, Adelheid [1 ]
机构
[1] CSIC Spanish Natl Res Council, Inst Publ Goods & Policy IPP, C Albasanz 26-28, Madrid 28037, Spain
关键词
Highways; Transportation; Productivity; Agglomeration; AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; EMPIRICAL-EVIDENCE; GROWTH; TRADE; SPAIN; ROAD; LOCATION; SYSTEM; IMPACT;
D O I
10.1016/j.jue.2016.04.002
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Using a geo-coded micro-level panel dataset for Spanish manufacturing firms, I estimate the effect of access to highways on firm-level productivity. To identify the causal effect of highways, I have relied on different fixed-effects specifications, instrumental variables and controls for geography, geology and history. Since highways also attract economic activity, leading to local density increases, which in turn could affect productivity through agglomeration benefits, I also present estimations that control for local employment densities. The results show that highways raise firm-level productivity directly and beyond the effect of density. Additional results show that highway benefits are unevenly distributed across sectors and space. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:131 / 151
页数:21
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