Energy for Growth: Satellite Synthetic Control Evidence from Indonesia

Klaus Andresen, Ursula Müller and Hans-Jörg Schmerer

No 12502, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: This study evaluates the causal impact of Indonesia’s Power Transmission Development Project on regional economic development. Employing the Generalized Synthetic Control Method on district-level satellite data, we find a statistically significant increase in economic activity (p

Keywords: electricity infrastructure; economic development; nighttime lights; generalized synthetic control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 H54 O11 O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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