Appropriate Economic Space for Transnational Infrastructural Projects: Gateways, Multimodal Corridors, and Special Economic Zones

38 Pages Posted: 15 Aug 2010

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Peter J. Rimmer

Australian National University (ANU) - College of Asia and the Pacific

Howard William Dick

University of Melbourne - Department of Management

Date Written: August 9, 2010

Abstract

This study addresses three questions that arise in Asia when formulating, financing, implementing, and maintaining transnational linkages versus purely domestic connections. Firstly, how is optimal economic space to be defined as a useful starting point? Secondly, how can relevant criteria be developed to define the emerging spatial economy and identify efficient transnational transport networks? Thirdly, what are the main investment opportunities in physical infrastructure that would result in more efficient and effective regional cooperation and integration (making special reference to the potential role of cross-border special economic zones (SEZs) or their equivalents)?

Keywords: Asia transnational infrastructure, Asia regional cooperation

JEL Classification: R00, R10, R30, R40, R50

Suggested Citation

Rimmer, Peter J. and Dick, Howard William, Appropriate Economic Space for Transnational Infrastructural Projects: Gateways, Multimodal Corridors, and Special Economic Zones (August 9, 2010). ADBI Working Paper No. 237, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1658338 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1658338

Peter J. Rimmer (Contact Author)

Australian National University (ANU) - College of Asia and the Pacific ( email )

Australia

Howard William Dick

University of Melbourne - Department of Management ( email )

200 Leicester Street
Carlton, Victoria 3053
Australia

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