doctoral thesis

Modelling Spatial Economic Effects of Transport Infrastructure Policies: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach

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2010

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Christian-Albrechts Universität Kiel
transport infrastructure
regional economic effects
wage curve
spatial CGE modelling
Fehmarn Belt project

The purpose of this doctoral thesis is to suggest and operationalise several important extensions and improvements in the methodology used to evaluate regional economic effects of the large-scale transport infrastructure and pricing policies. The main contributions are divided into the static modelling part and the dynamic modelling part. In the static modelling part, our focus is on the implications of the assumptions of partial capital mobility and wage rigidity for the evaluation of border-crossing infrastructure projects. In particular, we introduce a negative relationship between the regional real wage and the unemployment rate, usually called the "wage curve", into the model. We show that including these assumptions substantially increases the magnitude of the indirect effects predicted by the model. We also identify and describe the mechanisms governing these effects. In the dynamic modelling part, we make a first attempt to introduce full forward-looking dynamics into the spatial CGE modelling framework by specifying the intertemporal optimization problems of the households and the firms. This framework also allows us to represent incomplete capital mobility in a more plausible way than in the static model by introducing the costs of investment. We perform numerical simulations in order to study the properties of the model, and to understand the added value of this approach as compared to static analysis. Both models are employed to analyse the economic impacts of the Fehmarn Belt railway axis project, in particular the indirect effects thereof.

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36 publications found

2017
Journal article

Spatial Disparities, Transport Infrastructure, and Decentralization Policy in the Delhi Region

Publisher: Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Authors: Artem Korzhenevych, Manisha Jain

2018
Working paper

Investment Subsidies And Regional Welfare: A Dynamic Framework

Publisher: Technische Universität Dresden

Authors: Artem Korzhenevych, Johannes Bröcker

2019
Journal article

Determinants Of Growth In Non‑Municipal Areas Of Delhi: Rural–Urban Dichotomy Revisited

Publisher: Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Authors: Artem Korzhenevych

2013
Journal article

Do The Selected Trans European Transport Investments Pass The Cost Benefit Test?

Publisher: Transportation

Authors: Artem Korzhenevych, Stef Proost, Fay Dunkerley, Saskia Van der Loo, Nicole Adler, Johannes Bröcker

2021
Journal article

Integrating Spatial Development With Infrastructure Provision Along An Envisioned Transport Corridor: A Conceptual Framework And Its Application To India

Publisher: Land Use Policy

Authors: Artem Korzhenevych, Manisha Jain

2024
Journal article

New Editors-In‑Chief And Editorial Board

Publisher: Review of Regional Research

Authors: Artem Korzhenevych, Thomas Brenner, Iris Wanzenböck, Kristina Nyström

2017
Working paper

The Effect Of Land Consumption On Municipal Tax Revenue: Evidence From Bavaria

Publisher: Technische Universität Dresden

Authors: Artem Korzhenevych, Sebastian Langer

2021
Journal article

Renewable Minigrid Electrification in Off‑Grid Rural Ghana: Exploring Households Willingness to Pay

Publisher: Sustainability

Authors: Artem Korzhenevych, Charles Kofi Owusu

2009
Book Chapter

Regional Unemployment and Welfare Effects of the EU Transport Policies: Recent Results from an Applied General Equilibrium Model

Publisher: Springer Berlin

Authors: Artem Korzhenevych, Johannes Bröcker

2010
Journal article

Assessing Spatial Equity And Efficiency Impacts Of Transport Infrastructure Projects

Publisher: Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Authors: Artem Korzhenevych, Johannes Bröcker, Carsten Schürmann