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Väljs rätt transportinfrastruktur? En samhällsekonomisk bedömning av Västlänken

Eklund, Siri LU (2023) NEKH02 20231
Department of Economics
Abstract (Swedish)
The West Link Project is a transport infrastructural investment in the expansion of public transport in the region Västra Götaland. The choice of transport infrastructure falls under the domain of the Swedish government, usually paid for by Swedish taxpayers. Therefore it is important to know if the choices made surrounding these investments are socio-economically profitable and whether or not the choices made are the most beneficial for society. By using existing ideas and theories surrounding large infrastructural investments, the West Link Project is discussed in an attempt to estimate its profitability with regards to transport policy goals and projected returns. The main findings are that there are many factors that could affect the... (More)
The West Link Project is a transport infrastructural investment in the expansion of public transport in the region Västra Götaland. The choice of transport infrastructure falls under the domain of the Swedish government, usually paid for by Swedish taxpayers. Therefore it is important to know if the choices made surrounding these investments are socio-economically profitable and whether or not the choices made are the most beneficial for society. By using existing ideas and theories surrounding large infrastructural investments, the West Link Project is discussed in an attempt to estimate its profitability with regards to transport policy goals and projected returns. The main findings are that there are many factors that could affect the original calculations, resulting in a lower socio-economic profitability than the one presented by public officials. (Less)
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author
Eklund, Siri LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Is the correct infrastructure chosen? A socio-economic assessment of the West Link Project
course
NEKH02 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
The West Link Project, transportation infrastructure, discount rate, optimism bias, socio-economic analysis.
language
Swedish
id
9117942
date added to LUP
2024-01-22 15:43:33
date last changed
2024-01-22 15:43:33
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  abstract     = {{The West Link Project is a transport infrastructural investment in the expansion of public transport in the region Västra Götaland. The choice of transport infrastructure falls under the domain of the Swedish government, usually paid for by Swedish taxpayers. Therefore it is important to know if the choices made surrounding these investments are socio-economically profitable and whether or not the choices made are the most beneficial for society. By using existing ideas and theories surrounding large infrastructural investments, the West Link Project is discussed in an attempt to estimate its profitability with regards to transport policy goals and projected returns. The main findings are that there are many factors that could affect the original calculations, resulting in a lower socio-economic profitability than the one presented by public officials.}},
  author       = {{Eklund, Siri}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Väljs rätt transportinfrastruktur? En samhällsekonomisk bedömning av Västlänken}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}