Assessing the ex ante economic impacts of transportation infrastructure policies in Brazil

Journal of Development Effectiveness

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-61

  Haddad, Eduardo Amaral ^a,b   Perobelli, Fernando Salgueiro ^c   Domingues, Edson Paulo ^d   Aguiar, Mauricio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e Tectran Técnicos em Transporte Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ex ante impact analysis; General equilibrium; Infrastructure; Regional analysis; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BRIDGE; CALIBRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84860467657     PISSN: 19439342     EISSN: 19439407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2010.545891     Document Type: Article

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