In the presence of agglomeration economies, the effects of a rural roads programme depend not only on the reduction in transportation costs, but also on the form of labour mobility. When financed by a poll tax on rural households, the wage will rise, accompanied by some return migration,...

The structure employed is a small open economy, with one city and a rural hinterland, two traded goods, a transport sector, two specific factors, and mobile labour. A socially profitable programme will promote not only internal, but also external trade. Theory and numerical examples indicate...

Die Entscheidung über das Angebot großräumiger Verkehrsinfrastrukturnetze ist mit besonderen Problemen behaftet, weil sich die Vorteile einer Angebotserweiterung innerhalb eines großen Raumes über vielfältige, komplexe Interdependenzen auf viele Individuen verteilen, während die negativen...