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Journal Article

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

Economics Letters, 181(2019): 70-73

Authors

  • Jetter
  • M.
  • Meuchelböck
  • S.
  • Stadelmann
  • D.

Publication Date

DOI

10.1016/j.econlet.2019.04.030

JEL Classification

F43 H54 O18 O40 R12

Key Words

GDP per capita

geography

infrastructure

landlocked

regional GDP

trade openness

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International Trade

Growth

Globalization

We analyze whether landlocked regions are systematically poorer, using panel data for 1,527 regions in 83 nations from 1950-2014 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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    Kiel Institute Fellow

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