Luca De Benedictis, Vania Licio, Anna Pinna
arXiv 13 Aug 2022 · General Economics · publishedJournal of Regional Science (2023) · 18 citations (OpenAlex)
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An integrated and widespread road system, like the one built during the Roman Empire in Italy, plays an important role today in facilitating the construction of new infrastructure. This paper investigates the historical path of Roman roads as main determinant of both motorways and railways in the country. The empirical analysis shows how the modern Italian transport infrastructure followed the path traced in ancient times by the Romans in constructing their roads. Being paved and connecting Italy from North to South, consular trajectories lasted in time, representing the starting physical capital for developing the new transport networks.
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