The effect of government highway spending on road users' congestion costs

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 463-483

  Winston, Clifford ^a   Langer, Ashley ^b  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delays to freight; Highway expenditures; Induced demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749633987     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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