@article{ref1,
title="An examination of the differential impact of highway capital investment on economically disparate Appalachian counties in the USA",
journal="Transportation planning and technology",
year="2010",
author="Islam, Samia",
volume="33",
number="5",
pages="453-464",
abstract="Abstract The economic performance of Appalachian counties in the USA varies substantially across the region. The Appalachian Regional Commission has divided the 410 counties into four major categories: distressed, transitional, competitive, and attainment. This paper applies spatial models that account for spatial interdependence to evaluate the impact of Appalachian highways on economically disparate counties. Using a spatial autoregressive model in a production function framework, it is found that distressed counties gain from highways whereas competitive counties actually suffer from a negative backwash effect that tends to draw productive activity away from these counties into neighboring counties.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0308-1060",
doi="10.1080/03081060.2010.502376",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2010.502376"
}