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Al-Aubaidy, N A (2015) Factors affecting underreporting of construction safety incidents on capital projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Beg, M A (1999) An economic based decision support system for project level pavement type selection, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Brandenburg, S G (2004) The Tier I workforce management strategy: Concept and application, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Castaneda-Maza, J A (2002) Workers' skills and receptiveness to operate under the Tier II construction management strategy, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Chang, S-W (2002) Development and assessment of the Tier II work force strategy implementation index, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Cho, Y-K (2000) Human-assisted rapid workspace modeling for construction equipment operations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Dharwadkar, P V (1994) A prototype object-oriented system for three-dimensional CAD and schedule integration, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
France-Mensah, J (2019) Integrated planning and budget allocation for highway maintenance, rehabilitation, and capital construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Gebken, R J, II (2006) Quantification of transactional dispute resolution costs for the United States construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Glover, R W (1972) Developing and upgrading minority construction contractors: The Houston and Atlanta experiences, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Goodrum, P M (2001) The impact of equipment technology on productivity in the United States construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Griffith, A F (1997) Team alignment during pre-project planning of capital facilities, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Hamilton, M R (1994) The relationship between pre-project planning effort and success for capital construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Jung, Y (1997) Information systems planning methodology for the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Kim, D (2002) Exploratory study of lean construction: Assessment of lean implementation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Kim, D Y (2011) Construction planning and execution strategies for enhancing project success on electrical construction subcontracts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Kim, S B (2002) Assessment of CII knowledge implementation at the organizational level, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Laufer, A (1980) Assessment of financial incentive programs for the construction labor force: A Delphi analysis, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Lopez de Ortigosa, D A (1993) Forecasting construction costs in hyper-inflated economies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
McNerney, M T (1994) The use of geographical information systems for airport engineering and management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Pantelias, A (2009) A methodological framework for probabilistic evaluation of financial viability of transportation infrastructure under public private partnerships, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Panthaworn, P (2005) An exploratory study of motivation of management personnel in the heavy construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Phaobunjong, K (2002) Parametric cost estimating model for conceptual cost estimating of building construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Popescu-Kohler, A I (1998) Improvements to construction delay analysis techniques, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Seo, J (1998) Graphical interface design for equipment control in unstructured environments, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Shaw, D T (1989) SITE CODE: A knowledge-based model of municipal site development regulations for computer-aided design, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Song, J (2005) Tracking the location of materials on construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Sylvie, J R (2005) Developing best practices for industrial project life cycle security and a methodology for measuring implementation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Toews, C D (1981) The regional economic and labor market impact of large-scale, rural, public works construction: A case study of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Wilde, W J (1998) Life cycle cost analysis of portland cement concrete pavements, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Wilson, M C (2000) Public infrastructure investment and structural economic change: The spatial dynamics of public works in the United States, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: economic development; economic growth; failure; population; uncertainty; unemployment; decision making; employment; manufacturing; policy; public infrastructure; United States; government; investment; local government
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/304623746
- Abstract:
This research document focuses on the role of government as public works provider. The main argument, developed in terms of historical institutionalism, is that the evolution of public investment in the United States has been deeply affected by structural economic changes occurring at the regional level of analysis. The secular downturn of public investment during the 1970s and early 1980s is examined in the context of the history of public investment in the United States. It is found that this most recent down cycle was heavily concentrated in the Nation's two largest population centers, New York and California, and, more generally, in the manufacturing belt states. It is argued that the downturn of public investment during this period was, in part, determined by the secular decline of the Nation's manufacturing sector. It is argued that the historical process of development tends to produce “winners” and “losers”, and this process often has corresponding geographic dimensions. Thus, economic development policy should have two aspects, one promotional the other compensatory. The promotional aspect should promote economic growth, for example by concentrating investments in geographic regions and industries deemed to have high growth potential. Whereas the compensatory aspect should address unmet human needs in underdeveloped areas and should ease the transition of distressed regions experiencing the ill effects of structural economic adjustments. I argue that investment in public goods should be used as a means to reduce structural unemployment. Additionally, I maintain that higher levels of government should fund and deploy geographically targeted public works programs. Finally, it is argued that, in the face of adverse structural economic changes, public investment decision-makers face a high degree of uncertainty in their decision-making processes. A fast pace of structural change makes rational planning more or less impossible. In that case, decision-makers have to adopt practical methods of reaching decisions, because “optimizing” may not be possible. Moreover, in the absence of financial assistance from higher levels of government, local governments faced with adverse structural economic change are poorly positioned to be able to institute employment policies. Quite to the contrary, adverse structural economic change tends to result in declining public works outlays in the face of rising unemployment. In this context, “underinvestment” in public goods may be regarded as part and parcel of the failure at higher levels of government to deploy public works as a means to combat structural unemployment.
Won, S (2002) A model for work function characteristics-based prioritization of technologies for capital projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Woo, S (1999) Monte Carlo simulation of labor performance during overtime and its impact on project duration, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.
Zhang, Z (1996) A gis-based and multimedia integrated infrastructure management system, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Texas at Austin.