Highway infrastructure and the economy
Subtitle: implications for federal policy
By: Howard J. Shatz ... [et al.].
Contributors: Rand Transportation, Space, and Technology (Program)
Series: Rand Corporation monograph series; Rand Corporation monograph series
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9780833052131
Subjects: Infrastructure (Economics); Roads
Description: Annotation
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 (p. 81-90).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction; title: The Federal Government's Link Between Transportation and the Economy; title: Calls to Reform U.S. Transportation Policy; title: Federal Participation in Transportation Infrastructure Financing Since the 1950s; title: Current Issues in Federal Highway Spending and Policy; title: The United States Is Not Alone; title: The Plan for This Monograph; title: ch. Two The Effects of Highway Infrastructure on Economic Activity; title: Literature Selection; title: National-Level Analysis and the Interstate Highway System; title: The Nadiri and Mamuneas Study for the Federal Highway Administration; title: Summing Up National-Level Research; title: State-Level Analysis of Effects; title: Summing Up Research on State-Level Effects; title: Local Effects Analysis; title: Studies of Local Geographic Areas Across States; title: Roads Within States; title: Roads Within Metropolitan Areas; title: Summing Up Research on Local Effects; title: Evidence from International Comparisons; title: Summing Up International Comparisons; title: Interim Conclusions on the Literature Review; title: ch. Three A Meta-Analysis of the Literature Cited; title: Results of the Meta-Analysis; title: Summing Up the Meta-Analysis; title: Summing Up the Literature on Transportation and the Economy; title: ch. Four Conclusions: Policy Implications and Future Research; title: Policy Implications; title: Different Outcomes for Different Situations: Targeting Transportation Investments; title: Spillovers Can Create Winners and Losers; title: Federal Support for Widespread Versus Local Effects; title: New Directions for Research; title: Concluding Thoughts.