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Measuring the Impacts of Freight Transportation Improvements on the Economy and Competitiveness

Appendix C. References

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  4. Cambridge Systematics. Economic Impact Study of Completing the Appalachian Development Highway System, Final Report. Prepared for the Appalachian Regional Commission.  June, 2008, http://www.arc.gov/assets/research_reports/EconomicImpactStudyofCompletingADHS.pdf
  5. Cambridge Systematics. Montana Highway Reconfiguration Study. Prepared for the Montana DOT. 2005, http://www.mdt.mt.gov/other/research/external/docs/reconfig/final_report.pdf
  6. Chandra, Amitabh; Thompson, Eric. "Does public infrastructure affect economic activity? Evidence from the rural interstate highway system". Regional Science and Urban Economics 30 (2000) 457–490, http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/achandr/RSUE_InfrastructureEconomicActivity_2000.pdf
  7. Donaldson, Dave; Hornbeck, Richard. Railroads and American Economic Growth: A Market Access Approach. NBER Working Paper No. 19213, Issued in July 2013.
  8. Eberts, R., "Proposed Work Plan for Longitudinal Analysis of Firms and Industries to Address Transportation and Productivity Relationships." Battelle and W. E. Upjohn Institute, FHWA WorkOrder BAT-96-001 (1995). Interim results presented at TRB summer meeting (1997).
  9. Eisele, William; Schrank, David; Bittner, Jason; Larson, Gregory. "Incorporating Urban Area Truck Freight Value into the Texas A&M Transportation Institute's Urban Mobility Report". Transportation Research Board's 92nd Annual Meeting, January 2013.
  10. HDR-HLB Decision Economics. Freight Benefit/Cost Study: Highway Freight Logistics Reorganization Benefits Estimation Tool Report and Documentation. Prepared for FHWA, February 2008 https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/freight_analysis/econ_methods/bca_logistics/
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  12. ICF, HLB, LBA. Freight Benefit Cost Study.  Prepared for FHWA, July 2002, https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/freight_analysis/econ_methods/comp_lit/index.htm
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  29. Weisbrod, Glen. Models to Predict the Economic Development Impact of Transportation Projects: Historical Experience and New Applications. Annals of Regional Science, January 2008.
  30. Weisbrod, Glen; Vary, Don; Treyz, George. Measuring the Economic Costs of Urban Traffic Congestion to Business. Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2003.

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