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Speed and socioeconomic development : influence of Indian railways
Ravi, Neelakantan - 2019
less time. Any direct correlation between high-speed train travel and the growth of the economy, the effect on the …. We will feature its growth over the past 7 decades. Indian Railways has always aimed to provide safety during travel. The … considerations balanced by another based on engineering competence. High-speed rail travel emerged in Indian Railways in 1969, when …
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Dedicated high speed rail network in India : issues in development
Raghuram, G.; Udayakumar, Prashanth D. - 2016
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Relationship between high-speed rail and regional development : lessons from Japanese benchmark cases
Hiraishi, Kazuaki - 2019
. Understanding how to use HSR for regional development is essential. Japan's Shinkansen (bullet train) has a 50-year history, and …
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From periphery to core : economic adjustments to high speed rail
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Feddersen, Arne - 2010 - Version: September 2010
This paper presents evidence that high speed rail systems, by bringing economic agents closer together, sustainably promote economic activity within regions that enjoy an increase in accessibility. Our results on the one hand confirm expectations that have led to huge public investments into...
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The Effects of High Speed Trains on Local Economies : Evidence from the Korea Train Express
Koh, Kanghyock - 2018
We empirically test the economic impacts of the introduction of the Korean high speed rail system, the Korea Train …
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The High-Speed Rail Money Sink : Why the United States Should Not Spend Trillions on Obsolete Technology
Institute, Cato; O'Toole, Randal - 2021
than 2 percent of the nation’s passenger travel and no freight.High‐​speed trains were rendered obsolete in 1958, six years … before Japan opened its first bullet train, when Boeing’s 707 entered commercial service; the airliner could cruise at more … than twice the top speeds of the fastest scheduled high‐​speed trains today. Air travel cost more than rail travel in 1964 …
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Do High Speed Railways Lead to Urban Economic Growth in China? : A Panel Data Study of China's Cities
Strauss, Jack - 2017
This paper investigates the impact of high-speed railroads (HSR) on city-level economic activity using a new dataset for approximately 200 cities in China from 2007-2014. We apply panel Granger causality methods to assess whether increases in a city's accessibility increases GDP growth, GDP per...
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Relationship between High-Speed Rail and Regional Development : Lessons from Japanese Benchmark Cases
Hiraishi, Kazuaki - 2020
. Understanding how to use HSR for regional development is essential. Japan's Shinkansen (bullet train) has a 50-year history, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012845028
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High speed rail and tourism : empirical evidence from Spain's provinces and cities
Albalate, Daniel - 2015
This paper evaluates how changes in the provision of HSR services do affect Tourism outcomes in Spain, a touristic country that has the longest and newest HSR network in Europe. The empirical strategy is based on Differences in Differences panel data methods with double fixed effects. Main data...
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High-speed rail & air transport competition
Adler, Nicole; Nash, Chris; Pels, Eric - 2008
-speed rail, hub and spoke legacy airlines and low cost carriers, maximize profit functions via prices, frequency and train …
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