Plausibly Exogenous [1525] - Infrastructure Quality (04/05/2024)
LHS Variable
Foreign direct investment (FDI)
RHS Variable
Ambient infrastructural quality
Source of Exogenous Variation
Variation in access to high-speed internet induced by the staggered arrival of submarine fiber-optic internet cables and spatial variations in terrestrial fiber cable networks across locations on the continent
- Mensah and Traore (2024), “Infrastructure Quality and FDI Inflows: Evidence from the Arrival of High-Speed Internet in Africa”