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Rural Road Abandonment: Policy Criteria and Empirical Analysis

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  • Cathy A. Hamlett
  • C. Phillip Baumel

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Deterioration and changing use patterns of the rural road system have coalesced into difficult policy decisions for local government officials. One option for consideration is abandonment of some low-volume roads. A model is developed, using utility maximization and Pareto-optimal criteria, that allows identification of policy criteria for abandonment. The criteria are empirically estimated and 4% to 12% of the roads were found to be good candidates for abandonment without a net social loss.

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  • Cathy A. Hamlett & C. Phillip Baumel, 1990. "Rural Road Abandonment: Policy Criteria and Empirical Analysis," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 72(1), pages 114-120.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:72:y:1990:i:1:p:114-120.
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    1. Brown, Dennis M. & Flake, Oliver L., 1999. "Rural Transportation: An Annotated Bibliography," Miscellaneous Publications 323881, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Lim, Terence & Lo, Andrew W. & Merton, Robert C. & Scholes, Myron S., 2006. "The Derivatives Sourcebook," Foundations and Trends(R) in Finance, now publishers, vol. 1(5–6), pages 365-572, April.
    3. Crane, Laurence M. & Pinnoi, Nat & Fuller, Stephen W., 1992. "Demand for Transportation Facility," Transportation Research Forum Proceedings 1990s 311869, Transportation Research Forum.
    4. Laurence M. Crane & Nat Pinnoi & Stephen W. Fuller, 1994. "Estimating Demand For Public Rural Roads In Texas," The Review of Regional Studies, Southern Regional Science Association, vol. 24(2), pages 168-209, Fall.

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