โ Scribed by Walter Manshanden, Wouter Jonkhoff (auth.), Wouter Jonkhoff, Walter Manshanden (eds.)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Infrastructure construction and use is at the heart o the current political debate. Not only are European member state governments investing large amounts of money to alleviate the harmful effects of the economic downturn due to the credit crisis, EU accession countries receive large amounts of cohesion funds for infrastructure purposes. Infrastructure is widely believed to contribute largely to economic performance, but to what extent is this the case? How does the productivity of roads, railways and ports relate to the invested money, and what determines their effectiveness?
In this Brief, which focuses to a large extent on Dutch and European practice, numerous distinguished economists describe policy practice and analytical tools for infrastructure appraisal. Moreover, harmonisation of European approaches for evaluation of infrastructure are discussed. The study focuses both on scientific productivity measurement as on case studies of infrastructure policy.
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-4
The Productivity of Public Capital: A Meta-analysis....Pages 5-32
The Effectiveness of Regional Policy: A Literature Study....Pages 33-46
Ex Post Evaluation of Rotterdam Port Investment....Pages 47-64
The Productivity of Public Capital in the Netherlands: A Regional Perspective....Pages 65-78
Indirect Effects in European Transport Project Appraisal....Pages 79-94
Back Matter....Pages 95-96
Economic Policy; Public Finance & Economics; Regional/Spatial Science
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