Methodology for the assessment of spatial economic impacts of transport projects and policies

Johannes Bröcker, d'Artis Kancs, Carsten Schürmann and Michael Wegener

In this study we develop an integrated econometric and CGE modelling framework for transport projects and transport policies at the European level by integrating network, regional economic and macro-economic impacts. The paper presents the formal structure of the integrated econometric and CGE modelling framework, explains the calibration and applies it to the policy evaluation. The effects of infrastructure investments are modelled by simulating trade cost changes in a comparative static analysis, using estimates of trade cost changes due to new infrastructure links, obtained from a transport network model. By performing a systematic and quantitative analysis of the spatial, network and socio-economic impacts of transport investments and policy and carrying out scenario simulations we improve the understanding of the impact of transportation policies on short- and long-term spatial development in the EU.

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Year of publication:	September 2001
Authors:	Bröcker, Johannes ; Kancs, D'Artis ; Schürmann, Carsten ; Wegener, Michael
Publisher:	Brussels, Belgium : EERI, Economics and Econometrics Research Institute
Subject:	Transport Policy \| Impact analysis \| Spatial CGE Model \| Trade cost \| Regionalökonomik \| Regional economics \| Transportkosten \| Transport costs \| Wirkungsanalyse \| Impact assessment \| Theorie \| Theory \| CGE-Modell \| CGE model \| Verkehrspolitik \| Transport policy \| Allgemeines Gleichgewicht \| General equilibrium \| Verkehrsinfrastruktur \| Transport infrastructure \| Infrastrukturinvestition \| Infrastructure investment \| Regionalentwicklung \| Regional development