Title: Multi-Regional Input-Output Models for Freight Demand Simulation at a National Level
Abstract: This paper discusses the analysis of freight transport and economic effects of infrastructural investments in Southern Italy, through the application of a recently updated MRIO-based Italian freight DSS (Marzano and Papola 2004, Cascetta et al. 2005). First, the paper proposes an original state-of-the-art systematization of input-output models for freight demand simulation at a national level. Then, generalizations allowing for elasticity both in trade and in technical coefficients are discussed, together with further research perspectives. Finally, a modification of the RUBMRIO model (De La Barra 1989) is applied for infrastructural investments appraisal in Southern Italy, focusing also attention on the impacts on the overall national economy.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-10-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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