Transportation infrastructure plays an important role in regional economic development both in the stimulation of growth and as a response to output expansion. However, measuring these effects quantitatively has been a challenge due to the complicated impact mechanisms of transportation...

Bu calismada Turkiye’de kamu yatirimlari ile bolgesel esitsizlik arasindaki iliski 1975-2001 donemi icin incelenmistir. Oncelikle kamu yatirimlarinin ve ulusal GSYIH’nin iller arasinda hangi olcude esitsiz dagildigi Gini indeksi yardimiyla hesaplanmis, daha sonra bu indeks degerlerine...

El Artículo 1o del Decreto 1713 de 2002 definió como uno de los componentes y actividades del servicio público domiciliario de aseo, la transferencia de residuos sólidos previo a su disposición final. Entre tanto, a partir de septiembre de 2005 y abril de 2009 comienzan a operar las...

The involvement in social responsibility programs became a current practice at the organizations’ level, determined by the necessity of an approach orientated on competition and performance. The social responsibility of actions diversity imposes an approach in stages that has to correlate the...

The main objective of this study is to develop an economic analysis estimating the solid waste quantities and optimal hauling distance to install transfer stations in Colombia, according to landfill location. This goal is met by using a difference in differences approach (impact evaluation...

This paper presents a case study of road infrastructure and its impact on accessibility and industrial productivity on the USA–Mexico border. The paper focuses on the analysis of three networks of projects that were presented in Protego (2007), a report prepared for the 35th US-Mexico Border...

This paper investigates the effects of road infrastructure on industrial activity in Mexico from a quantitative perspective. It addresses three main issues. First, it investigates the existence of a relationship between road infrastructure and the industrial average product of labour. Second, it...

This study uses the example of the 2006 soccer World Cup in Germany to examine whether any systematic relationships exist between infrastructure investments on the one hand and investments in the respective stadium on the other. Particular attention is paid to an examination of whether the...

Since the 1980’s Spain has developed an ambitious road building programme with the construction of approximately 12,000 kilometres of new motorways. This article analysis the factors related to the placement of these new motorways during two distinct planning periods from 1983 to 1993 and 1994...

Resumen: El objetivo principal de este estudio es realizar un análisis económico para estimar el tamaño de mercado óptimo, con el fin de tomar de decisiones sobre la viabilidad de contar con una estación de transferencia (ET) y su adecuada distancia para ubicarla, de acuerdo con la longitud...