Cursed by no coast : how regional landlockedness affects income within countries

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Jetter, Michael ; Mösle, Saskia ; Stadelmann, David:
Cursed by no coast : how regional landlockedness affects income within countries.
In: Economics Letters. Vol. 181 (2019) . - pp. 70-73.
ISSN 0165-1765
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2019.04.030

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We analyze whether landlocked regions are systematically poorer, using panel data for 1527 regions in 83 nations from 1950 to 2014 and exploiting within-country-time variation. Lacking ocean access decreases regional GDP/capita by ≈13%. Specifically, coastal distance matters but not the length of coastline. Exploring moderators, national political institutions appear irrelevant while increasing international trade and manufacturing intensifies the landlockedness curse within the same country and year. However, transport-related infrastructure may be able to alleviate these disadvantages.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Refereed:	Yes
Keywords:	GDP/capita; Geography; Infrastructure; Trade openness; Landlockedness
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics > Professor Economics with a focus on development economics > Professor Economics with a focus on development economics - Univ.-Prof. Dr. David Stadelmann Profile Fields > Emerging Fields > Governance and Responsibility Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics > Professor Economics with a focus on development economics Profile Fields Profile Fields > Emerging Fields
Result of work at the UBT:	Yes
DDC Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 320 Political science 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Date Deposited:	25 Oct 2019 11:21
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2019 11:21
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/52833