Incorporating agglomeration economies in transport cost-benefit analysis: The case of the proposed light-rail transit in the Tel-Aviv metropolitan area

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 487-508

  Shefer, Daniel ^a,b   Aviram, Haim ^a,c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AB Plan Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Benefit cost analysis; Transportation economics; Urban benefits

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM; METROPOLITAN AREA; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33747130372     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2005.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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