RT Generic T1 Go east : on the impact of the Transiberian Railway on economic development in Eastern Russia A1 Seiffert,Sebastian WP 2019/04/09 AB This paper addresses the question whether or not large-scale infrastructure investments have a causal effect of local economic development. By using a novel instrumental variable approach based on historical trade and travel routes across the Russian East, I am able to identify a causal and negative effect of remoteness to the Transsiberian Railway on local economic activity as measured by nocturnal lights emission. K1 Russland K1 Eisenbahn K1 Transportkosten K1 Infrastrukturinvestition K1 Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung PP Hohenheim PB Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim UL http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/volltexte/2019/1606