The influence of the road network on private productivity measures using Data Envelopment Analysis: A case study from Spain |
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Institution: | 1. GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 5.2 Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany;2. German Archaeological Institute DAI, Department of Natural Sciences/Dendrochronology, Im Dol 2-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany |
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Abstract: | We evaluate the economic effects of investment in the road network on private regional activity. We employ provincial Spanish panel data from 1980 to 2007 to perform non-parametric frontier techniques based on Data Envelopment Analysis and to obtain the Malmquist productivity indexes, thus enabling us to examine the evaluation of the productivity growth via technological changes or efficiency gains. Additionally, we analyze the role of transport infrastructure on the evolution of Total Factor Productivity and its components through econometric techniques. Our results show important spillover effects. Moreover, our findings have significant implications for policy makers if we take into account the fact that the use of the road network in economic activity or in commercial relations greatly influences productivity growth. |
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Keywords: | Data Envelopment Analysis Total Factor Productivity Infrastructures and public capital and economic development and transportation |
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