Transportation Networks and the Geographic Concentration of Employment
研究了1953至2016年美国交通网络扩张对空间产业增长的影响，利用网络理论和历史军事地图解决内生性问题，发现州际公路沿线县就业和机构数量显著增长，且邻近县在后期出现正溢出效应。
Abstract This paper examines the effect of expanding transportation networks on spatial industrial growth across the United States from 1953 to 2016. I use a new methodological approach that applies network theory combined with a historic military map to address the two forms of endogeneity present in expanding transportation networks: route placement and construction timing. I find that Interstate counties experienced significant growth in employment and the number of establishments relative to non-Interstate counties. Growth rates are highest within two decades of receiving an Interstate. Results also reveal positive spillovers occurred in later decades among adjacent counties along the metropolitan periphery.