Transportation Economics in the 21st Century
This project supports research on three central issues in transportation economics: transportation and the economy, new transportation technologies and initiatives, and the role of transportation in contributing to household welfare. It also seeks to develop new data resources to support empirical research in transportation economics. Findings from the research studies are supported by this project are presented and discussed at research conferences and distributed in the NBER Working Paper series.
This project is supported by the U.S. Department of Transportation through an inter-agency agreement with the National Science Foundation, which has extended a grant to the NBER.
Investigators

James M. Poterba, Principal Investigator

Edward L. Glaeser, Senior Investigator

Stephen J. Redding, Senior Investigator