The political economy of infrastructure planning in Sweden: supporting analyses

Johanna Jussila Hammes ()

No 2012:21, Working papers in Transport Economics from CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI)

Abstract: We study factors affecting the choice of objects to be included in the National Transport Infrastructure Plans for 2004-2015 and for 2010-2021 in Sweden, controlling for the CBA results. The present working paper contains both a comparative analysis between the two Plans, and sensitivity analyses for the econometric regressions of the 2010-21 Plan conducted in Jussila Hammes (forthcoming). We find that the centre-right government tended to favour those counties that voted for it. Both a centre-right and a centre-left government have favoured rail investments over road. Lobbying also matters; projects with co-financing from the local municipality(ies) have a greater probability of being included in the Plan. Industry lobbying has at best a borderline significant effect and affects the probability of a project being included in the Plan positively.

Keywords: Transport infrastructure plan; Lobbying; Co-financing; Freight benefits; Politics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D61 D72 L98 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2012-10-04
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