Contribution of transportation investments to county output

Transport Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-329

  Ozbay, Kaan ^a   Ozmen Ertekin, Dilruba ^b   Berechman, Joseph ^c  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Dynamic effects; Highway capital; Highway investment; Lagged variables; Private capital; Spillover effects

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548701566     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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