Cities’ investment in road infrastructure systems across regions

Infrastructure investment has become a recent policy priority across cities and regions. The present research analyses specific institutional mechanisms that promote cities’ investment in infrastructure systems. It explores how city governments adapt their infrastructure investment to state and loca...

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Main Authors: Agustin Leon-Moreta, Omowonuola Fayemiro, Alicia Esquivel
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
Series:Regional Studies, Regional Science
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21681376.2025.2464669
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description Infrastructure investment has become a recent policy priority across cities and regions. The present research analyses specific institutional mechanisms that promote cities’ investment in infrastructure systems. It explores how city governments adapt their infrastructure investment to state and local contexts. Using data at the municipal level, we examine trends in city-governmental investment toward road infrastructure across 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017. Specifically, we present detailed data on impact fee authority for cities. The baseline finding is that local investment in road infrastructure varies widely in urban regions. Additional findings are that impact fee authority and fiscal transfers are statistically associated with cities’ investment in road infrastructure systems. Further, we present a series of alternative tests to explore the potential sensitivity of results. The study connects literature on intergovernmental mechanisms that support local government investments in urban infrastructure systems.
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spelling doaj-art-4d1297dd8867450d8cd960d4be83dcb22025-08-20T02:55:56ZengTaylor & Francis GroupRegional Studies, Regional Science2168-13762025-12-0112118520410.1080/21681376.2025.2464669Cities’ investment in road infrastructure systems across regionsAgustin Leon-Moreta0Omowonuola Fayemiro1Alicia Esquivel2School of Public Administration, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USADepartment of Public Policy, Management, and Analytics, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USADepartment of Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USAInfrastructure investment has become a recent policy priority across cities and regions. The present research analyses specific institutional mechanisms that promote cities’ investment in infrastructure systems. It explores how city governments adapt their infrastructure investment to state and local contexts. Using data at the municipal level, we examine trends in city-governmental investment toward road infrastructure across 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017. Specifically, we present detailed data on impact fee authority for cities. The baseline finding is that local investment in road infrastructure varies widely in urban regions. Additional findings are that impact fee authority and fiscal transfers are statistically associated with cities’ investment in road infrastructure systems. Further, we present a series of alternative tests to explore the potential sensitivity of results. The study connects literature on intergovernmental mechanisms that support local government investments in urban infrastructure systems.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21681376.2025.2464669City governmentimpact fee (IF) authorityfiscal transfersannexationinfrastructure systemsurban regions
spellingShingle Agustin Leon-Moreta
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Cities’ investment in road infrastructure systems across regions
Regional Studies, Regional Science
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fiscal transfers
annexation
infrastructure systems
urban regions
title Cities’ investment in road infrastructure systems across regions
title_full Cities’ investment in road infrastructure systems across regions
title_fullStr Cities’ investment in road infrastructure systems across regions
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title_short Cities’ investment in road infrastructure systems across regions
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topic City government
impact fee (IF) authority
fiscal transfers
annexation
infrastructure systems
urban regions
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21681376.2025.2464669
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