ESTIMATING ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS: A KANSAS CASE STUDY

This study presents a model-procedure to estimate the economic impacts of specific types of highway improvement within a regional context and to also examine the reasons for differential impacts. Although the empirical estimation of the model is for the state of Kansas, it can be applied to any sub-national region. The specific objectives of this study are: (1) Measure the direct income, output, and employment resulting from specific highway improvement types in the state of Kansas; (2) Measure the indirect and induced income, output, and employment resulting from specific highway improvement types in the state of Kansas. The objectives of the study are achieved through the use of a 68 sector based input-output model for the state of Kansas developed by the Economics Department at Kansas State University.

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  Transportation Research Forum

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• Authors:
  • Babcock, M W
  • Emerson, M J
  • Prater, M
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Forum, 38th Annual Meeting, Volume 1
  • Location: San Antonio, Texas
  • Date: 1996-10-17 to 1996-10-19
• Publication Date: 1996-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 136-155

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic impacts; Empirical methods; Employment; Highways; Improvements; Income; Output; Regional economics
• Geographic Terms: Kansas
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00766546
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 13 1999 12:00AM