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External Effects and Secondary Benefits in Road Investment Appraisal

John S. Dodgson

Journal of transport economics and policy · 1973 · 31 citations · 15 references

Concepts

ManagementBusiness EconomicsEconomicsEconomic DevelopmentTransportTransportationComparative AdvantageRoad TransportTransport EconomicsTransport PolicyTransportation EconomicsTransportation Project EvaluationSecondary ConsumersTransport AppraisalTransport ExternalitiesTransport Investment AppraisalTransport Project Appraisal

Abstract

In a developed economy there are likely to be few external effects from road investment; and secondary benefits (for example, to final consumers of goods transported) can be assumed to be already covered by benefits to traffic.

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