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Highway infrastructure and the economy : implications for federal policy / Howard J. Shatz ... [and others].
Lippincott Library HC110.C3 H545 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Rand Corporation monograph series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Infrastructure (Economics)--United States.
- Infrastructure (Economics).
- United States.
- Roads--United States.
- Roads.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 90 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, 2011.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction
- The Federal Government's Link Between Transportation and the Economy
- Calls to Reform U.S. Transportation Policy
- Federal Participation in Transportation Infrastructure Financing Since the 1950s
- Current Issues in Federal Highway Spending and Policy
- The United States Is Not Alone
- The Plan for This Monograph
- ch. Two The Effects of Highway Infrastructure on Economic Activity
- Literature Selection
- National-Level Analysis and the Interstate Highway System
- The Nadiri and Mamuneas Study for the Federal Highway Administration
- Summing Up National-Level Research
- State-Level Analysis of Effects
- Summing Up Research on State-Level Effects
- Local Effects Analysis
- Studies of Local Geographic Areas Across States
- Roads Within States
- Roads Within Metropolitan Areas
- Summing Up Research on Local Effects
- Evidence from International Comparisons
- Summing Up International Comparisons
- Interim Conclusions on the Literature Review
- ch. Three A Meta-Analysis of the Literature Cited
- Results of the Meta-Analysis
- Summing Up the Meta-Analysis
- Summing Up the Literature on Transportation and the Economy
- ch. Four Conclusions: Policy Implications and Future Research
- Policy Implications
- Different Outcomes for Different Situations: Targeting Transportation Investments
- Spillovers Can Create Winners and Losers
- Federal Support for Widespread Versus Local Effects
- New Directions for Research
- Concluding Thoughts.
- Notes:
- "MG-1049-RC"--P. [4] of cover.
- "Research was conducted under the auspices of the Transportation, Space, and Technology Program within RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment."--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-90).
- ISBN:
- 0833052136
- 9780833052131
- OCLC:
- 715171711
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