Road Infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia: Does Network Quality Affect Trade?
The authors present a new database of minimum distance road routes connecting 138 cities in 27 countries across Europe and Central Asia. They use it to show that improved road network quality is robustly associated with higher intraregional trade flows. Gravity model simulations suggest that an ambi...
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okr-10986-92622021-04-23T14:02:42Z Road Infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia: Does Network Quality Affect Trade? Shepherd, Ben Wilson, John S. ABSOLUTE VALUE AD VALOREM ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AVERAGE TARIFF BILATERAL TRADE BORDER CROSSINGS BOTTLENECKS CAPITAL GOODS CENTRAL ASIAN CHANGES IN TRADE CONGESTION COST ELASTICITIES CURRENCY CURRENT ENVIRONMENT CUSTOMS CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES CUSTOMS FORMALITIES CUSTOMS PROCEDURES DRIVING ECONOMIC WELFARE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FUEL GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY MODELS HIGH TRANSPORT IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORTING COUNTRIES INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE LENGTH OF ROAD POLICY RESEARCH QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS REGIONAL TRADE ROAD ROAD COSTS ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD QUALITY ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTE ROUTES SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TARIFF LEVELS TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REDUCTIONS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE DETERMINANTS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOW DATA TRADE FLOWS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE VALUES TRAINS TRANSIT TRANSIT CORRIDORS TRANSIT COUNTRIES TRANSIT ROUTES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DATA TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT TRUE TYPES OF ROAD UNDUE INFLUENCE WESTERN EUROPE WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION The authors present a new database of minimum distance road routes connecting 138 cities in 27 countries across Europe and Central Asia. They use it to show that improved road network quality is robustly associated with higher intraregional trade flows. Gravity model simulations suggest that an ambitious but feasible road upgrade could increase trade by 50 percent over baseline, exceeding the expected gains from tariff reductions or trade facilitation programs of comparable scope. Cross-country spillovers due to overland transit are important: total intraregional trade could be increased by 30 percent by upgrading roads in just three countries-Albania, Hungary, and Romania. 2012-06-26T17:41:57Z 2012-06-26T17:41:57Z 2006-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7289532/road-infrastructure-europe-central-asia-network-quality-affect-trade http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9262 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4104 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Eastern Europe |
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ABSOLUTE VALUE AD VALOREM ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AVERAGE TARIFF BILATERAL TRADE BORDER CROSSINGS BOTTLENECKS CAPITAL GOODS CENTRAL ASIAN CHANGES IN TRADE CONGESTION COST ELASTICITIES CURRENCY CURRENT ENVIRONMENT CUSTOMS CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES CUSTOMS FORMALITIES CUSTOMS PROCEDURES DRIVING ECONOMIC WELFARE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FUEL GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY MODELS HIGH TRANSPORT IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORTING COUNTRIES INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE LENGTH OF ROAD POLICY RESEARCH QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS REGIONAL TRADE ROAD ROAD COSTS ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD QUALITY ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTE ROUTES SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TARIFF LEVELS TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REDUCTIONS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE DETERMINANTS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOW DATA TRADE FLOWS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE VALUES TRAINS TRANSIT TRANSIT CORRIDORS TRANSIT COUNTRIES TRANSIT ROUTES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DATA TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT TRUE TYPES OF ROAD UNDUE INFLUENCE WESTERN EUROPE WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION |
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ABSOLUTE VALUE AD VALOREM ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AVERAGE TARIFF BILATERAL TRADE BORDER CROSSINGS BOTTLENECKS CAPITAL GOODS CENTRAL ASIAN CHANGES IN TRADE CONGESTION COST ELASTICITIES CURRENCY CURRENT ENVIRONMENT CUSTOMS CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES CUSTOMS FORMALITIES CUSTOMS PROCEDURES DRIVING ECONOMIC WELFARE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FUEL GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY MODELS HIGH TRANSPORT IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORTING COUNTRIES INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE LENGTH OF ROAD POLICY RESEARCH QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS REGIONAL TRADE ROAD ROAD COSTS ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD QUALITY ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTE ROUTES SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TARIFF LEVELS TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REDUCTIONS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE DETERMINANTS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOW DATA TRADE FLOWS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE VALUES TRAINS TRANSIT TRANSIT CORRIDORS TRANSIT COUNTRIES TRANSIT ROUTES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DATA TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT TRUE TYPES OF ROAD UNDUE INFLUENCE WESTERN EUROPE WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Shepherd, Ben Wilson, John S. Road Infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia: Does Network Quality Affect Trade? |
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The authors present a new database of minimum distance road routes connecting 138 cities in 27 countries across Europe and Central Asia. They use it to show that improved road network quality is robustly associated with higher intraregional trade flows. Gravity model simulations suggest that an ambitious but feasible road upgrade could increase trade by 50 percent over baseline, exceeding the expected gains from tariff reductions or trade facilitation programs of comparable scope. Cross-country spillovers due to overland transit are important: total intraregional trade could be increased by 30 percent by upgrading roads in just three countries-Albania, Hungary, and Romania. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Shepherd, Ben Wilson, John S. |
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Shepherd, Ben Wilson, John S. |
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Shepherd, Ben |
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Road Infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia: Does Network Quality Affect Trade? |
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Road Infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia: Does Network Quality Affect Trade? |
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Road Infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia: Does Network Quality Affect Trade? |
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Road Infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia: Does Network Quality Affect Trade? |
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Road Infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia: Does Network Quality Affect Trade? |
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road infrastructure in europe and central asia: does network quality affect trade? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7289532/road-infrastructure-europe-central-asia-network-quality-affect-trade http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9262 |
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