Infrastructure and the Complexity of Economic Development

✍ Scribed by David F. Batten (auth.), Professor Dr. David F. Batten, Professor Dr. Charlie Karlsson (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 295
• Series: Advances in Spatial Science
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book examines the complex relationships between infrastructure and the rest of the economy. In particular, it focuses on the contentious issue of whether infrastructure investments stimulate productivity growth, issues of pricing and ownership, and also development problems such as environmental damage. Methods range from traditional production function models and compensating variation approaches to nonlinear methods of dynamic analysis. There is a unique emphasis on the ability of these different methods to allow for the complex interdependencies involved. Six of the fifteen papers deal with these methodological aspects, whereas the remainder addresses specific cases or examples in a variety of countries (Europe, USA and developing countries).

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Infrastructure and the Complexity of Economic Development: An Exploratory Introduction....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Infrastructure and Manufacturing Productivity: Regional Accessibility and Development Level Effects....Pages 17-35
Assessing the Role of Infrastructure in France by Means of Regionally Estimated Production Functions....Pages 37-47
The Linkage Between Transportation Infrastructure Investment and Productivity: A U.S. Federal Research Perspective....Pages 49-60
Public Capital, Private Sector Productivity and Economic Growth: A Macroeconomic Perspective....Pages 61-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Infrastructure, Wages and Land Prices....Pages 75-95
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in California: A Critical Evaluation....Pages 97-123
Does Multiplicity Matter more than Ownership in the Efficiency of Infrastructure Services?....Pages 125-146
Ownership, Investment and Pricing of Transport and Communications Infrastructure....Pages 147-165
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Complexity, Adaptability and Flexibility in Infrastructure and Regional Development: Insights and Implications for Policy Analysis and Planning....Pages 169-186
Production Milieu and Competitive Advantages....Pages 187-211
A Review of Infrastructure’s Impact on Economic Development....Pages 213-230
Infrastructure and Urban Development: The Case of the Amsterdam Orbital Motorway....Pages 231-249
Innovative Capacity, Infrastructure and Regional Policy....Pages 251-269
Valuations of Environmental Externalities: Some Recent Results....Pages 271-292
Back Matter....Pages 293-298

✦ Subjects

Regional/Spatial Science