Highway infrastructure and the economy implications for federal policy

Machine generated contents note: ch. One IntroductionThe 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 Spendi...

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Körperschaft:	Rand Corporation (BerichterstatterIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Shatz, Howard J. (BerichterstatterIn), Kitchens, Karin E. (BerichterstatterIn), Rosenbloom, Sandra (BerichterstatterIn), Wachs, Martin (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	Santa Monica, Calif. Rand Corp. 2011
Schriftenreihe:	Rand Corporation monograph series : MG 1049-RC Rand investment in people and ideas
Schlagworte:	Verkehrsinfrastruktur > Autobahn > Straßenbau > Verkehrspolitik > Wirkungsanalyse > USA > Infrastructure (Economics) > Roads > Infrastruktur > Wirtschaftliche Lage
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Zusammenfassung:	Machine generated contents note: ch. One IntroductionThe 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.
Beschreibung:	"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 (p. 81-90)
Beschreibung:	XXIV, 90 S. graph. Darst. 23 cm
ISBN:	0833052136 0-8330-5213-6 9780833052131 978-0-8330-5213-1