INDIRECT ECONOMIC EFFECT FROM GULF INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY COMMERCE IN TEXAS

The study evaluates the indirect economic effect of the Texas Gulf Intra-coastal Waterway and its tributaries on Texas. Determination of indirect economic effects was based on an initial calculation of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway's contribution to the five coastal SMSAs. The aggregate economic stimulus of both direct and indirect contributions from waterway activities consisting of tax, education, and manufacturing revenues, income, waterway maintenance and industrial construction expenditures came to $3.9 billion, equivalent to 4.5 percent of the Texas State Product. This figure applies only to the waterway and does not describe the total impact of the entire coastal zone.

• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M University, College Station

  Industrial Economics Research Division
  College Station, TX  United States  77843

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  Sea Grant Program Office, 6010 Executive Boulevard
  Rockville, MD  United States  20852
• Authors:
  • Phillips, C
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 117 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk cargo; Coastal zone management; Economic analysis; Economic policy; Industries; Inland waterways; Metropolitan areas; Policy; Revenues; Taxes; Water transportation
• Geographic Terms: Gulf of Mexico; Texas; Texas Gulf Coast
• Old TRIS Terms: Bulk traffic; Economic effects; Economic stimulus; Government policies; Intertidal zone; Standard metropolitan statistical area; Waterway transportation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Policy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090835
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TAMU-SG-74-218
• Contract Numbers: NOAA-04-3-158-18
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1975 12:00AM