Replication Data for: "Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960-2015" (doi:10.7910/DVN/YMAE0J)

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Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: "Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960-2015"

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/YMAE0J

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Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2019-06-18

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Bibliographic Citation:

Jedwab, Remi; Storeygard, Adam, 2019, "Replication Data for: "Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960-2015"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YMAE0J, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: "Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960-2015"

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/YMAE0J

Authoring Entity:

Jedwab, Remi (George Washington University)

Storeygard, Adam (Tufts University)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Jedwab, Remi

Depositor:

Storeygard, Adam

Date of Deposit:

2019-05-31

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YMAE0J

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, Roads, Railroads, Africa, Economic History, Infrastructure, Transport

Abstract:

This dataset contains total lengths of paved roads (including highways) and improved roads for 1960-2015 and railroads 1862-2015 for each country in Africa, along with several other country-year level data from various sources described in detail in the paper. The roads data, from Jedwab and Storeygard (2019b), are based on Michelin road maps. The rail data are from Jedwab and Moradi (2016), based on various sources.

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Citation

Title:

Jedwab, Remi and Adam Storeygard, forthcoming. "Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960-2015" <i>Economic History of Developing Regions</i>

Bibliographic Citation:

Jedwab, Remi and Adam Storeygard, forthcoming. "Economic and Political Factors in Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Railroads and Roads in Africa 1960-2015" <i>Economic History of Developing Regions</i>

Other Reference Note(s)

Jedwab, Remi and Alexander Moradi (2016) “The Permanent Economic Effects of Transportation Revolutions in Poor Countries: Evidence from Africa,” <i>Review of Economics and Statistics</i>, Vol. 98, No. 2, pp. 268–284.

Jedwab, Remi and Adam Storeygard (2019b) “The Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Transportation Investments: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa 1960-2010,” mimeo, George Washington University.

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