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Infrastructure and the Complexity of Economic Development

By Professor Dr. David F. Batten , David F. Batten (auth.) , Professor Dr. Charlie Karlsson (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1996
ISBN
978-3-642-80268-3, 978-3-642-80266-9
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-80266-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
28 MB (29157356 bytes)
Series
Advances in Spatial Science
Edition
1
Pages
298\295
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Regional/Spatial Science

Description

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).

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