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Title: Roads and Trade: Evidence from the US

Author(s): Gilles Duranton, Peter Morrow and Matthew A Turner

Publication Date: March 2013

Keyword(s): interstate highways, trade and specialisation and transport costs

Programme Area(s): International Trade and Regional Economics

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.

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Duranton, G, Morrow, P and Turner, M. 2013. 'Roads and Trade: Evidence from the US'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=9393