To make Asia more economically sustainable and resilient against external shocks, regional economies need to be rebalanced toward regional demand- and trade-driven growth through increased regional connectivity. The effectiveness of connectivity depends on the quality of hard and soft...

This paper is a condensed version of an actual study commissioned in 2010 to the authors by the Administrative District of East Macedonia and Thrace. The proposed investment plan for the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis Pipeline (BAP) is a significant energy transportation project for...

To make Asia more economically sustainable and resilient against external shocks, regional economies need to be rebalanced toward regional demand- and trade-driven growth through increased regional connectivity. The effectiveness of connectivity depends on the quality of hard and soft...

In recent years the issue of financing of infrastructure has become a critical issue and is widely discussed and in-depth reflection on policies, programs and development projects. The paper has the objective to describe one of the most interesting innovative methods of funding transport...

In Guatemala there are substantial and growing imbalances in the housing market; at the same time, financial markets remain shallow and underdeveloped. The analytical framework applied in this paper starts by identifying the types of market failures responsible for the underdevelopment of the...

In den letzten Jahren konnte ein massiver Einbruch bei den kommunalen Investitionen in Ostdeutschland beobachtet werden. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird gezeigt, dass dieser Einbruch unabhängig von der Wirtschaftskraft der Kommunen stattfand und in engem Zusammenhang mit dem Rückgang der...

For many years, bus and railway companies in regional areas in Japan have been struggling to stop decreases in passenger numbers. Although motorization and the construction of road networks have caused declining ridership in public transportation, deregulation in the transportation industry has...

Zuweisungen sind ein wichtiges Instrument übergeordneter politischer Entscheidungsebenen zur Lenkung des kommunalen Ausgabenverhaltens und insbesondere des Investitionsverhaltens. Wie die empirischen Befunde zeigen, können je nach Ausgestaltung der Zuweisungen sehr starke Abweichungen vom...

We estimate location values for single family houses by local polynomial regressions (LPR), a semi-parametric procedure, using a standard housing price and characteristics dataset. As a logical extension of the LPR method, we interpolate land values for every property in every year and validate...