Unbundling political and economic rationality: A non-parametric approach tested on transport infrastructure in Spain

Bertoméu-Sánchez, Salvador; Estache, Antonio

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2017.07.012

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“…Political intervention in the design of policies such as transportation infrastructure, prioritizing objectives related to the administrative and political concentration of power, and largely neglecting productivity‐related objectives, has probably prevented the development of an efficient distribution system in the economy, thus damaging potential economic growth. This is shown in the evidence obtained, for example, in the case of Spain, in Albalate et al (2012) and Bertoméu‐Sánchez and Estache (2017). The result of such intense forced deviations from nature is, according to our econometric results, detrimental to economic performance.…”

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Geography and regional economic growth: The high cost of deviating from nature

Albalate

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Mazaira-Font

2021

Journal of Regional Science

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