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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| author | Agustin Leon-Moreta Omowonuola Fayemiro Alicia Esquivel |
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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 Omowonuola Fayemiro Alicia Esquivel Cities’ investment in road infrastructure systems across regions Regional Studies, Regional Science City government impact fee (IF) authority 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 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cities’ investment in road infrastructure systems across regions |
| title_short | Cities’ investment in road infrastructure systems across regions |
| title_sort | cities investment in road infrastructure systems across regions |
| 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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