Transportation Costs in the Age of Highways: Evidence from United States 1955-2010

Sylvain Barde and Alexander Klein
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Alexander Klein: University of Kent

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Abstract: This paper examines the temporal and spatial evolution of road freight transportation costs between 1955 and 2010. For that purpose, we have constructed a new data set of minimal road transport costs for freight transport in every decade between 1955 and 2010 for 3105×3105 county-pairs. We use a methodology which combines the time-evolution of the road network’s layout with spatially disaggregated transport-related costs: average driving speeds, fuel consumption, fuel prices, labour costs, and vehicle operating costs. The new data set allows to document main facts about the development of county-pair transport costs since the 1950s and examine their temporal as well as spatial changes.

Keywords: Transport costs; Interstate Highway System; Road Network; Dijkstra’s algorithm JEL Classification: N72; N92; O18; R41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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