Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5092394 | Journal of Comparative Economics | 2013 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
⺠An investment that doubled the capacity of a 1000-mile railroad in western China. ⺠The railroad was congested in only one direction before the capacity expansion. ⺠Using changes in price gaps between markets to infer the return to the investment. ⺠Price gaps decreased by 30% in the congestion direction, but not the other. ⺠An implied social return of 30% on average.
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Authors
Zhigang Li, Yu Chen,