In this study, we examine the impact of the STAR highway located in Batangas province, Philippines, on the public finance of the cities and municipalities through which it directly passes. Specifically, we exploit a unique, disaggregated dataset on tax (property and business taxes) as well as...

This paper studies the efficiency impacts of private toll roads in initially untolled networks. The analysis allows for capacity and toll choice by private operators, and endogenizes entry and therewith the degree of competition, distinguishing and allowing for both parallel and serial...

Asphalt roads are gradually deteriorating over time and need road mending to remain in a good state. Inspections are performed to obtain information about the current state of the road; when the damage achieves the established standards, the road is repaired through a maintenance action that is...

We investigate the effects of public capital investment on the demand for travel. We define capital stock as a productive flow that accounts for the physical deterioration of infrastructure over time. We present a framework where additions to capital stock only cover a portion of the long-run...

When transportation programs are assisted with federal funding, there are typically domestic preference conditions, or "Buy America" requirements, associated with the use of federal funds. For more than forty years, highway construction funds administered by the Federal Highway Administration...

Despite the fact that Nigeria is the giant of Africa and has a lot of rich human and natural resources, many of its roads or highways are in terrible conditions, and they have become death traps and nightmares for the citizens. Hence, the main objective of this study is to assess or determine...

This article suggests ways to build toll free national highways in quick time. The expansion of the road network in the future needs huge amount of investment which has to be collected from the users. I suggest that the users are divided into two categories the rich pay and the poor do not. The...

Highway construction occurs nowadays mainly through widening of existing roads rather than building new roads. This paper documents that highway widenings considerably reduce congestion in the short run, defined here as 6 years. Using longitudinal microdata from highway detector loops in the...