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024 7 _a10.1007/978-1-4419-8101-1
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082 0 4 _a338.9
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100 1 _aJonkhoff, Wouter.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aInfrastructure Productivity Evaluation
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Wouter Jonkhoff, Walter Manshanden.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSpringer New York,
_c2011.
300 _aVIII, 96p. 15 illus., 6 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 1 _aSpringerBriefs in Economics ;
_v1
520 _aInfrastructure 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.
650 0 _aEconomics.
650 0 _aEconomic policy.
650 0 _aFinance.
650 0 _aRegional economics.
650 1 4 _aEconomics/Management Science.
650 2 4 _aEconomic Policy.
650 2 4 _aPublic Finance & Economics.
650 2 4 _aRegional/Spatial Science.
700 1 _aManshanden, Walter.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781441981004
830 0 _aSpringerBriefs in Economics ;
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8101-1
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