Does public infrastructure affect economic activity? Evidence from the rural interstate highway system

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 457-490

  Chandra, Amitabh ^a   Thompson, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstate highways and spatial analysis; Public infrastructure

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; RURAL ECONOMY; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033938134     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0462(00)00040-5     Document Type: Article

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