TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - An examination of the differential impact of highway capital investment on economically disparate Appalachian counties in the USA
JO  - Transportation planning and technology
A1  - Islam, Samia
SP  - 453
EP  - 464
VL  - 33
IS  - 5
N2  - 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 /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0308-1060
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2010.502376
ID  - ref1
ER  -