In the current economical and financial crisis, the economic evaluation of transport infrastructure investment projects is of most importance. Given the need of most governments to reduce spending and control the deficit, having tools that facilitate decision-making seems to be a key objective....

The study is conducted to analyse the impact of foreign direct investments on domestic investment in Cote d'Ivoire. To this end, annual time series data for the period of 1975-2018 is used. The model is based on the theoretical model of Agosin and Mayer (2001).The study employs the differenced...

Properties near public transportation systems are usually sold at a premium towing to firms' and people's willingness to pay for access to workplace and leisure. However, the economic impacts of major infrastructure investments remains an empirical question plagued by identification issues. We...

Infrastructure investment is currently enjoying great popularity among governments as a strategy to handle the recent worldwide economic recession. However, the relevant literatures have yet to come to a consistent agreement on how infrastructure, especially transportation, impact economic...

An increasing proportion of greenhouse gas emissions is produced in urban areas in industrializing and developing countries. Recent research shows that per capita emissions in cities like Bangkok, Cape Town or Shanghai have already reached the level of cities like London, New York or Toronto....

This paper employs a hedonic price model to explain standard land values in Berlin. Impact on land values is assessed for the two city airports situated in Berlin, Germany, Tempelhof and Tegel. Empirical results confirm expectations about the impact of various attributes on land values. Areas...

We pose the problem of managing the interstate as an optimal capital stock problem and define user cost as the charge per vehicle mile travelled that rationalizes observed investments in lane miles and pavement quality. We find that user cost is the sum of the opportunity cost of lane miles,...

The routes of early railways around the world were generally inefficient because the prevailing doctrine of the time called for concentrating on provision of fast service between major cities and neglect of local traffic. Modern planners rely on methods such as the "gravity models of spatial...

Australia comprises states of varying climates, natural resource endowments, geographic area and population size. This has resulted in a diversity of regional or state economies, regional road freight flows and road networks to serve these needs. In this paper, the concept of location quotients...

What are the implications of mass transit improvements for residential income segregation within cities? I observe large income differences in households' usage of and residential proximity to `fast' versus `slow' transit (e.g. subways versus buses on shared lanes). Consistent with these...