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An examination of the differential impact of highway capital investment on economically disparate Appalachian counties in the USA

Samia Islam

Transportation Planning and Technology, 2010, vol. 33, issue 5, 453-464

Abstract: The economic performance of Appalachian counties in the USA varies substantially across the region. The Appalachian Regional Commission has divided the 410 counties into four major categories: distressed, transitional, competitive, and attainment. This paper applies spatial models that account for spatial interdependence to evaluate the impact of Appalachian highways on economically disparate counties. Using a spatial autoregressive model in a production function framework, it is found that distressed counties gain from highways whereas competitive counties actually suffer from a negative backwash effect that tends to draw productive activity away from these counties into neighboring counties.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2010.502376

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