Public Policy Impacts on Freight Productivity: Final Report with Annotated Bibliography

Federal Highway Administration

October 22, 1999

Prepared By:

HLB Decision Economics Inc.
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In Association With:

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Table of Contents

1.	Introduction
1.1	Purpose of Study
1.2	Purpose of this Report
1.3	Plan of the Report
2.	Answers Emerging from the Literature Review
2.1	Introduction
2.1.1	Criteria for Literature Selection
2.1.2	Definitions
2.1.2.1	Highway Investment
2.1.2.2	Industry Productivity
2.1.2.3	Freight Productivity
2.1.2.4	Intermodal Freight
2.1.3	Four Main Questions Arising from the Literature Review
2.2	Has the Relationship between Highway Investment and Freight Productivity Been Discerned at Macro and Micro-level?
2.2.1	Classification of Literature Findings
2.2.2	Review of Literature Findings
2.3	Has the Relationship between Highway Investment and Industrial Productivity been Discerned at Macro and Micro-level?
2.3.1	Classification of Literature Findings
2.3.2	Review of Literature Findings
2.3.2.1	Relationship between Highway Investment and Industrial Productivity
2.3.2.2	Relationship Between Infrastructure Investment and Industrial Productivity
2.4	In What Sectors Has This Productivity Effect Been Most Pronounced?
2.4.1	Classification of Literature Findings
2.4.2	Review of Literature Findings
2.5	Nature of Productivity Effects
2.5.1	Classification of Literature Findings
2.5.2	Review of Literature Findings
2.5.2.1	Direct Savings
2.5.2.2	Logistics Restructuring Productivity Gains
2.5.2.3	Network Effects
2.6	Annotated Bibliography
2.6.1	Aims of the Annotated Bibliography Format
2.6.2	Description of the Annotated Bibliography Format
3.	Conclusion
Appendix 1. Annotated Bibliography
Citation No.	Title
1	ECMT (1998a)
2	ECMT (1998b)
3	ECMT (1995a)
4	Button and al (1998)
5	Garland (1995)
6	Robert and Fauth (1988)
7	Apogee Research (1990)
8	HLB Inc. (1997)
9	Hickling Corp. (1995)
10	Rothengatter (1994)
11	Jansson (1993)
12	Gerondeau (1997)
13	Cabajo and Fries (1997)
14	U.S. Department of Transportation (1994a)
15	U.S. Department of Transportation (1995a)
16	U.S. Department of Transportation (1995b)
17	U.S. Department of Transportation (1995c)
18	U.S. Department of Transportation (1995d)
19	U.S. Department of Transportation (1995e)
20	U.S. Department of Transportation (1990)
21	U.S. Department of Transportation (1995f)
22	Hickling Corp. (1991)
23	Nadiri and Mamuneas (1998)
24	Fraumeni
25	U.S. Department of Transportation (1997)
26	Roskin, Sowder and Carter (1996)
27	DRI/McGraw-Hill (1994)
28	Lewis (1993)
29	U.S. Department of Transportation (1992)
30	U.S. General Accounting Office (1996)
31	Hickling Corp. (1991)
32	Hooper (1987)
33	Byrne and Markham (1991)
34	Muller (1995)
35	French & Associates (1994)
36	U.S. Department of Transportation (1994b)
37	Forkenbrock and al. (1990)
38	Fernald (1999)
39	Morrison and Winston (1999)
40	Gallamore (1999)
41	Savage (1999)
42	Middendorf and Bronzini (1994)
43	Apogee Research (1991)
44	Trowbridge and al. (1996)
45	Roeseler and Smithson (1980)
46	U.S. General Accounting Office (1994)
47	Transportation Research Board (1990)
48	Fawaz (1993)
49	Aschauer (1991)
50	American Public Transit Association (1985)
51	Pinnoi (1993)
52	Babcock and Bratsberg (1997)
53	Husak and Glenn (1998)
54	Luker (1992)
55	The Diebold Institute for Public Policy Studies (1995)
56	U.S. Department of Transportation (1996)
57	Felton and Anderson (1989)
58	Clifford and al. (1990)
59	Keeler and Ying (1988)
60	Aschauer (1989)
61	Aschauer (1990a)
62	Aschauer (1990b)
63	Munnell (1990)
64	Peterson (1990)
65	Duffy-Deno and Eberts (1991)
66	Ford and Poret (1991)
67	Berndt and Hansson (1992)
68	Nadiri and Mamuneas (1994)
69	Conrad and Seitz (1994)
70	Crihfield and Panggabean (1995)
71	Morrison and Schwartz (1996)
72	Hertz (1993)
73	ECMT (1995b)
74	OECD (1990)
75	Button (1993)
76	Banister, Capello and Nijkamp (1995)
77	Nijkamp et al. (1994)
78	Kiriazidis (1994)
79	DKS Associates/HLB Inc. (1999)
80	Boarnet (1997a)
81	Boarnet (1998a)
82	Boarnet (1997b)
83	Boarnet (1998b)
84	Nadiri and Mamuneas (1996)
85	A. Strauss-Wieder, Inc. (1999)
86	U.S. Department of Transportation (1998)
87	Transportation Research Board (1996)
88	Transportation Research Board (1998)
89	Zavatero and al (1998)
90	Mendoza and al (1997)
91	Apffel (1996)
92	Hauser and Breese (1996)
93	Frazier and al (1996)
94	Norris and Haines (1996)
95	Jacoby (1999)
96	Queiroz and Gautam (1992)
97	American Petroleum Institute (1998)
98	Buechner (1997)
99	Jack Faucett Associates (1994)
100	Bell and McGuire (1994)
101	Buechner (1998)
102	Toen-Gout and Sinderen (Year)

List of Figures

Figure 1	Annotated Bibliography Format

List of Tables

Table 1	Classification of Literature Findings Related to Question A: "Has The Relationship between Highway Investment and Freight Productivity Been Discerned at Macro and Micro-level?"
Table 2	Classification of Literature Findings Related to Question B: "Has the Relationship between Highway Investment and Industrial Productivity Been Discerned at Macro and Micro-level?"
Table 3	Classification of Literature Findings Related to Question C; "In What Sectors Has This Productivity Effect Been Most Pronounced?"
Table 4	Classification of Literature Findings Related to Question D: "What is the Nature of Productivity Effects?"

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