Transport infrastructure investment: Implications for growth and productivity

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-343

  Crafts, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Public capital; Road pricing; Transport infrastructure; Wider economic benefits

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INVESTMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; ROAD PRICING; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956999596     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grp021     Document Type: Article

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