Transport infrastructure expenditure: while there is no strong evidence of significant regional differences, the data available is problematic

Overman, Henry ORCID: 0000-0002-3525-7629 (2020) Transport infrastructure expenditure: while there is no strong evidence of significant regional differences, the data available is problematic. British Politics and Policy at LSE (08 Oct 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The UK government uses a Value for Money framework to help allocate infrastructure expenditure. At the core of this is a benefit-to-cost ratio (BCR), calculated using a set of established monetised impacts and costs. Yet it has been argued that these BCRs are biased towards London and the South East. Henry Overman writes that, while there is no strong evidence of significant regional differences, there is a great need for better data that is recorded systematically and published openly.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Geography & Environment
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2020 13:18
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 14:16
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/107352

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