Roads and Trade: Evidence from the US

Gilles Duranton, Matthew Turner and Peter Morrow

No 9393, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: We estimate the effect of interstate highways on the level and composition of trade for us cities. Highways within cities have a large effect on the weight of city exports with an elasticity of approximately 0.5. We find little effect of highways on the total value of exports. Consistent with this, we find that cities with more highways specialize in sectors producing heavy goods.

Keywords: Interstate highways; Trade and specialisation; Transport costs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 R41 R49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-03
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