REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION : TRANSPORTATION AS A COMPETITIVE FACTOR IN ATLANTIC CANADA

The objectives of this study include an assessment of competitive freight rates, freight subsidies, and the level of transportation infrastructure on regional economic development in Atlantic Canada. More specifically, whether government expenditures on freight subsidies and infrastructure affect the competitiveness of local industry. The study reviewed classical economic concepts on transportation in the location of economic activity and examined contemporary thought on to the competitiveness of regional industry. The historical and contemporary economic and transportation environments were examined to consider transportation policy in these contexts. Two recent works on the role of transportation factors in regional economic development in the Atlantic Provinces were examined and a new direction for research on transportation and competitiveness was determined. For the covering abstract of this conference, see IRRD number 853879. (A)

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Saskatchewan, Canada

  Printing Services, Government Administration Building
  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan  Canada  S7N 0W0
• Authors:
  • BISSON, B G
  • Brander, J
  • IRCHA, M C
  • PALIN, J L
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 27TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH FORUM, CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION : COMPETING IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT, JUNE 9 TO 12, 1992, BANFF, ALBERTA
• Publication Date: 1992

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 140-150

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Conferences; Financing; Freight transportation; Regional planning
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Freight Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00635817
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 24 1993 12:00AM