Showing 1 - 10 of 732,884
We analyse the impacts that infrastructure provision has on long run urban development. The topic is of major … importance to policy-makers when deciding whether or not to invest in major infrastructure projects. The analysis helps policy …-makers to understand the intended, and potentially unintended, long run consequences of their infrastructure investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011503535
evaluation for environment, resource, and infrastructure management. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386985
investment in an international infrastructure capital, the stock of which accumulates over time. Depending on the trade costs and … game may exhibit history dependency; if the initial stock of international infrastructure is smaller (larger) than a … certain level, the infrastructure stock decreases (increases) over time, and the world economy will end up in autarky (two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012316937
investment in an international infrastructure capital, the stock of which accumulates over time. Depending on the trade costs and … game may exhibit history dependency; if the initial stock of international infrastructure is smaller (larger) than a … certain level, the infrastructure stock decreases (increases) over time, and the world economy will end up in autarky (two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314918
Infrastructure costs in the United States are high and rising. The procurement process is one potential cost driver. In … think drive costs. We then assemble a new dataset of project-level infrastructure costs. We correlate the survey practices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014348662
infrastructure. Theory links the two concepts by positing that agglomeration economies exist when firms in an urban area share a … infrastructure. Public capital stock, such as highways, water treatment facilities, and communication systems, directly affect the … efficient operation of cities by facilitating business activities and improving worker productivity. The literature has devoted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023961
This paper traces the 11,000 year evolution of infrastructure systems during major periods of innovation, expansion and … positive feedback between early capital market development and investment in infrastructure innovations that lowered system …-wide transaction costs has been a critical factor in sustaining growth since 1800. The paper sets out a model of infrastructure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434094
This paper investigates the effects of public investment in infrastructure on private output for Germany. Using a … intervals computed following the bootstrap procedure. Our results suggest that the effect of public investment in infrastructure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010532083
Consumers should pay directly for many services furnished by the public sector, particularly such congestible services as roads or water and sewerage provided to easily identifiable users. However, these goods are often funded or partly subsidized through general taxes. Politicians seldom opt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897972
’s output, growth, productivity and microeconomic performance. Infrastructure investment also requires investment and …This paper examines the relationship between infrastructure investment activity, capital market development, the role … evidence over recent decades. Infrastructure is shown to be an important asset class playing a central role in a nation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011649314