The observed uneven distribution of economic activity across space is influenced by
variation in exogenous geographical characteristics and endogenous interactions between …

This paper reviews recent research on geography and trade. One of the key empirical
findings over the last decade has been the role of geography in sha** the distributional …

We investigate the impact of US bombing on later economic development in Vietnam. The
Vietnam War featured the most intense bombing campaign in military history and had …

We exploit the construction and eventual demise of the colonial railroads in Ghana, and
most of the rest of Africa, to study the impact of transportation investments in poor countries …

Little is known about the extent and forces of path dependence in develo** countries.
Colonial era railway construction in Kenya provides a natural experiment to study the …

Geographical economics starts from the observation that economic activity is clearly not
randomly distributed across space. This revised and updated introduction to geographical …

Abstract Since 1980, over 2,000 local governments in US Atlantic states have been hit by a
hurricane. We study local government fiscal dynamics in the aftermath of hurricanes. These …

This paper studies the impact of railroads on 150 years of urban growth in Sweden,
identifying the short-and long-term effects of a first wave of railroad construction. Difference …

Urban growth requires the replacement of outdated buildings, yet growth may be restricted
when landowners do not internalize positive spillover effects from their own reconstruction …

A central prediction of a large class of theoretical models is that industry location is not
uniquely determined by fundamentals. Despite the theoretical prominence of this idea, there …