Cart or Horse: Transport and Economic Growth [E-Book] / Tim Leunig
This paper argues that transport is more cart than horse, in that transport improvements are not the most important driver of economic growth for most countries. Nevertheless there are circumstances in which transport is particularly important. Big transport breakthroughs – such as replacing walking...
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Personal Name(s): | Leunig, Tim. |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing,
2011
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Physical Description: |
34 p. ; 21 x 29.7cm. |
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englisch |
DOI: |
10.1787/5kg9mq4ws027-en |
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International Transport Forum Discussion Papers ;
2011/04 |
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Transport |
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