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050 00 $aHC110.C3$bH545 2011
245 00 $aHighway infrastructure and the economy :$bimplications for federal policy /$cHoward J. Shatz ... [et al.].
260 $aSanta Monica, CA :$bRand Corporation,$c2011.
300 $axxiv, 90 p. :$bill.$c23 cm.
490 1 $aRand Corporation monograph series
500 $a"MG-1049-RC"--P. [4] of cover.
500 $a"Research was conducted under the auspices of the Transportation, Space, and Technology Program within RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment."--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 81-90).
505 0 $aMachine 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.
650 0 $aInfrastructure (Economics)$zUnited States.
650 0 $aRoads$zUnited States.
700 1 $aShatz, Howard J.
710 2 $aRand Transportation, Space, and Technology (Program)
830 0 $aRand Corporation monograph series.