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Publication Go east : on the impact of the Transiberian Railway on economic development in Eastern Russia(2019) Seiffert, SebastianThis 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.