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How do trade connectivity issues affect the efficient spatial distribution of economic activity within and across countries in Latin America This paper uses a spatial general equilibrium framework to construct optimal transport networks and optimal expansions to existing networks in most Latin American countries, as well as within MERCOSUR and the Andean Community. The paper assesses the average annual welfare losses due to inefficient domestic road networks in Latin America at 1.7 percent, ranging from 2.5 percent in Brazil to 0.2 percent in El Salvador. Spatial misallocation of transnational road networks is associated with annual welfare losses of 1.8 percent in MERCOSUR and 1.6 percent in the Andean Community. Optimal investments in improvements and expansions of existing networks can correct these inefficiencies and reduce spatial inequality within countries. These investments correlate relatively well with World Bank road projects because both the model and the World Bank prioritize investments in high population areas. Transnational road improvements benefit the most the least developed country in each trade bloc. The results are robust to changes in data sources and model assumptions.
Andean Community --- Economic Geography --- Infrastructure Economics --- Infrastructure Economics and Finance --- International Economics and Trade --- International Trade and Trade Rules --- Mercosur --- Regional Trade Integration --- Road Infrastructure --- Roads and Highways --- Spatial Equilibrium --- Trade --- Trade and Regional Integration --- Trade and Transport --- Transport --- Transport Network
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Just as we learn from, influence, and are influenced by others, our social interactions drive economic growth in cities, regions, and nations--determining where households live, how children learn, and what cities and firms produce. From Neighborhoods to Nations synthesizes the recent economics of social interactions for anyone seeking to understand the contributions of this important area. Integrating theory and empirics, Yannis Ioannides explores theoretical and empirical tools that economists use to investigate social interactions, and he shows how a familiarity with these tools is essential for interpreting findings. The book makes work in the economics of social interactions accessible to other social scientists, including sociologists, political scientists, and urban planning and policy researchers. Focusing on individual and household location decisions in the presence of interactions, Ioannides shows how research on cities and neighborhoods can explain communities' composition and spatial form, as well as changes in productivity, industrial specialization, urban expansion, and national growth. The author examines how researchers address the challenge of separating personal, social, and cultural forces from economic ones. Ioannides provides a toolkit for the next generation of inquiry, and he argues that quantifying the impact of social interactions in specific contexts is essential for grasping their scope and use in informing policy. Revealing how empirical work on social interactions enriches our understanding of cities as engines of innovation and economic growth, From Neighborhoods to Nations carries ramifications throughout the social sciences and beyond.
Social integration --- Economics --- Economic sociology --- Socio-economics --- Socioeconomics --- Sociology of economics --- Inclusion, Social --- Integration, Social --- Social inclusion --- Sociological aspects. --- Social aspects --- Social interaction --- Human interaction --- Interaction, Social --- Symbolic interaction --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Psychology --- Social psychology --- Sociology --- Economic aspects. --- Belonging (Social psychology) --- Economic aspects --- Sociological aspects --- E-books --- Social interaction - Economic aspects --- Economics - Sociological aspects --- AlonsoЍillsЍuth model. --- Duranton model. --- LucasВossi-Hansberg model. --- Thomas Schelling. --- Zipf's law. --- agglomeration. --- archipelago. --- autarkic cities. --- city geometry. --- city size distribution. --- city size. --- city. --- community choice. --- community. --- contextual effects. --- decisions. --- diversification. --- econometrics. --- economic geography. --- economic growth. --- economic integration. --- economics. --- empirics. --- firms. --- geography. --- graph theory. --- hierarchy principle. --- housing. --- human capital spillovers. --- industrial specialization. --- intercity trade. --- job matching. --- labor market frictions. --- localization. --- location decisions. --- microneighborhood. --- neighborhood choice. --- neighborhood effects. --- neighborhood. --- physical capital. --- physical space. --- productivity. --- racial preferences. --- risk pooling. --- site rents. --- social effects. --- social interactions. --- social learning. --- social networks. --- social structure. --- spatial aggregation. --- spatial clustering. --- spatial econometrics. --- spatial economic activity. --- spatial equilibrium. --- spatial interactions. --- spatial structure. --- synthetic neighborhood. --- total factor productivity. --- urban archipelago. --- urban economy. --- urban evolution. --- urban expansion. --- urban externalities. --- urban growth. --- urban infrastructure. --- urban networks. --- urban social fabric. --- urban spatial structure. --- urban specialization. --- urban structure. --- urban transition. --- urban transportation. --- urban wage premium. --- urbanization.
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