Professor Vivek Ghosal, School of Economics, is studying the potential economic development impacts of a high speed rail industry in the United States. The study is exploring scenarios of high speed rail operations to form a foundation for the study, examining relevant and available rail transportation manufacturing information and drawing inferences to potential new opportunities for manufacturing of transportation equipment and infrastructure to meet emerging needs, and conducting an economic analysis of rail transportation equipment manufacturing.
Projects
Assessing the Economic Impact of High Speed Rail: Focus on Manufacturing
Completed
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
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