
Real Estate Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
2012
Publication Source
The Review of Economic Studies
Volume
79
Issue
4
Start Page
1407
Last Page
1440
DOI
10.1093/restud/rds010
Abstract
We estimate the effects of interstate highways on the growth of US cities between 1983 and 2003. We find that a 10% increase in a city's initial stock of highways causes about a 1.5% increase in its employment over this 20 year period. To estimate a structural model of urban growth and transportation, we rely on an instrumental variables estimation which uses a 1947 plan of the interstate highway system, an 1898 map of railroads, and maps of the early explorations of the US as instruments for 1983 highways.
Copyright/Permission Statement
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The Review of Economic Studies following peer review. The version of record is available online at: http://restud.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/03/07/restud.rds010
Keywords
urban growth, transportation, interstate highways, instrumental variables
Recommended Citation
Duranton, G., & Turner, M. A. (2012). Urban Growth and Transportation. The Review of Economic Studies, 79 (4), 1407-1440. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/restud/rds010
Date Posted: 27 November 2017
This document has been peer reviewed.