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SpringerBriefs in Economics For other titles published in this series, go to http://www.springer.com/series/8876 wwwwwwwwwwwwww Walter Manshanden Wouter Jonkhoff ● Editors Infrastructure Productivity Evaluation Editors Walter Manshanden Wouter Jonkhoff TNO (Dutch Organization for Applied TNO (Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research) Scientific Research) 2600 AA, Delft 2600 AA, Delft The Netherlands The Netherlands [email protected] [email protected] ISBN 978-1-4419-8100-4 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-8101-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-8101-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London © TNO (Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research), 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 1 Walter Manshanden and Wouter Jonkhoff 2 The Productivity of Public Capital: A Meta-analysis ............................ 5 Jenny E. Ligthart and Rosa M. Martin Suárez 3 The Effectiveness of Regional Policy: A Literature Study .................... 33 Carl C. Koopmans and Carlijn C. Bijvoet 4 Ex Post Evaluation of Rotterdam Port Investment ................................ 47 Bart Kuipers and Wouter Jonkhoff 5 The Productivity of Public Capital in the Netherlands: A Regional Perspective ............................................................................. 65 Walter Manshanden and Martijn I. Dröes 6 Indirect Effects in European Transport Project Appraisal .................. 79 Wouter Jonkhoff and Menno Rustenburg About the Authors ........................................................................................... 95 v wwwwwwwwwwwwww Contributors Carlijn C. Bijvoet ING Economic Department, Amsterdam, The Netherlands [email protected] Martijn I. Droës TNO, Built Environment and Geosciences, Van Mourik Broekmanweg 6, 2628 XE Delft, The Netherlands and Utrecht University, Utrecht School of Economics, Janskerkhof 12, 3512 BL Utrecht, The Netherlands [email protected] Wouter Jonkhoff TNO (Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research), 2600 AA, Delft, The Netherlands [email protected] Carl C. Koopmans SEO Economic Research, Roetersstraat 29, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands [email protected] Bart Kuipers Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands [email protected] Jenny E. Ligthart Department of Economics and Center, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands [email protected] Walter Manshanden TNO (Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research), 2600 AA, Delft, The Netherlands [email protected] vii viii Contributors Rosa M. Martin Suárez Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands Menno Rustenburg TNO Innovation and Environment, Delft, The Netherlands Chapter 1 Introduction Walter Manshanden and Wouter Jonkhoff Abstract This introductory chapter of the publication illuminates the need for advanced infrastructure evaluation methods in developed economies, identifying fitting examples from EU member states. First, taking an historical (ex post) perspective improves the degree of realism in ex ante evaluations. Second, produc- tivity plays a pivotal role in infrastructure evaluation, enabling the policy maker to appreciate the influence of the existing infrastructure network on benefits of network extensions. The authors proceed by summarising on the written contributions to the volume. In the remainder of the book, evaluation methods are assessed to various policy levels, such as regional investment policy, harmonisation of infrastructure appraisal in the EU setting, harbour policy and cohesion issues. Keywords Capital • Commuting • Cost–benefit analysis • Ex post evaluation • Industrial policy • Infrastructure • Ports • Productivity • Public choice • Regional policy • Roads • Subsidies 1.1 Infrastructure: What Does the Rear-View Mirror Tell Us About the Way Forward? At the start of the second decade of the twenty-first century, the European Union is faced with profound challenges. Two main issues are the recent eastward extension of the Union and the need for reform, enhancing efficient management and public support. One of the pivotal subjects in this respect is the European Cohesion Policy (ECP), aiming at diminishing regional economic disparities. Infrastructure plays a central role in ECP investments. New EU members have generally less developed W. Manshanden (*) TNO (Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research), 2600 AA, Delft, The Netherlands e-mail: [email protected] W. Manshanden and W. Jonkhoff (eds.), Infrastructure Productivity Evaluation, 1 SpringerBriefs in Economics 1, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-8101-1_1, © TNO (Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research), 2011
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