Infrastructure and the Complexity of Economic DevelopmentSpringer Berlin Heidelberg, 1996 M07 16 - 298 pages The book examines the complex relationships between infrastructure and the rest of the economy. In particular, it focuses on the contentious issue of whether infrastructure investments stimulate productivity growth, issues of pricing and ownership, and also development problems such as environmental damage. Methods range from traditional production function models and compensating variation approaches to nonlinear methods of dynamic analysis. There is a unique emphasis on the ability of these different methods to allow for the complex interdependencies involved. Six of the fifteen papers deal with these methodological aspects, whereas the remainder addresses specific cases or examples in a variety of countries (Europe, USA and developing countries). |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Regional Accessibility | 17 |
Assessing the Role of Infrastructure in France by Means of Regionally | 37 |
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