The Ecological Impact of Transportation Infrastructure
There is a long-standing debate over whether new roads unavoidably lead to environmental damage, especially forest loss, but causal identification has been elusive. Using multiple causal identification strategies, this paper studies the constructio...
Main Authors: | Asher, Sam, Garg, Teevrat, Novosad, Paul |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/955441531155281083/The-ecological-impact-of-transportation-infrastructure http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29980 |
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