When models fall short: Evidence from Chinese road infrastructure investments
Baum-Snow, Nathaniel; Henderson, J. Vernon
; Turner, Matthew A.; Zhang, Qinghua; and Brandt, Loren
(2016)
When models fall short: Evidence from Chinese road infrastructure investments.
[Online resource]
Despite limits to data quality and to the possibilities for recovering causal relationships between infrastructure investment, urbanisation and economic growth, quantitative models may prove to be weak substitutes for direct empirical evidence. For evidence based policymaking, research technique matters.
| Item Type | Online resource |
|---|---|
| Departments |
Geography and Environment International Growth Centre |
| Date Deposited | 20 Jun 2017 08:36 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/81732 |
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0985-9415