Case study: Applying a regional Cge model for estimation of indirect economic losses due to damaged highway bridges

Engineering Economist

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 367-401

  Tirasirichai, Chakkaphan ^a   Enke, David ^b  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM (CGE) MODELS; DESTRUCTION; ECONOMIC LOSSES; INFRASTRUCTURE;

DECISION MAKING; DISASTERS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATING COSTS; PUBLIC POLICY; ROADS AND STREETS;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

EID: 36749091728     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00137910701686996     Document Type: Article

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