Progress & Challenges in the Application of Economic Analysis For Transport Decision Making
Glen Weisbrod and Brian Baird Alstadt. OECD-TRF Roundtable on Infrastructure Planning and Assessment Tools, Joint Transport Research Center Paper 2007-14, November 2007
OECD (the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) and ITF (the International Transport Forum) co-sponsored an international roundtable in Boston to discuss problems with traditional cost-benefit analysis and needs for better economic impact tools that can identify relevant "wider economic benefits. " A core element of the topic was the need to better differentiate between "Macro-, Meso- And Micro-level Infrastructure Planning And Assessment Tools."
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Weisbrod-Alstadt Slide show (pdf)
Summary of the Roundtable Findings (pdf)
Roundtable Conference Outline (pdf)
Listing of Invited Roundtable Participants (pdf)
Full listing of OECD/ITF Joint Transportation Research Centre Discussion Papers