THE USEFULNESS OF TWO MULTIREGIONAL ECONOMIC MODELS IN EVALUATING TRANSPORTATION POLICIES: A COMPARISON OF THE MULTIREGIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT MODEL DEVELOPED BY KAREN R. POLENSKE AND THE MULTIREGIONAL MULTI-INDUSTRY FORECASTING MODEL DEVELOPED BY CURTIS C. HARRIS, JR

The report describes and compares two large-scale economic forecasting models--the Multiregional Input-Output Model (MRIO) developed by Karen Polenske, and the Multi-regional Multi-industry Forecasting Model (MRMI) developed by Curtis Harris--to examine their usefulness to transportation planning at the national, State, and local levels. The models use fundamentally different methods of economic forecasting, and thus have different appropriate applications in transportation planning.

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Division of Socio-Economic Studies, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Coulter, H T
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: 48 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Economic forecasting; Economic impacts; Economic models; Highways; Input output devices; Lane lines; Linear programming; Planning; Policy; Regions; Transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00158933
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/SES-77/08
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 4 1978 12:00AM