Karl W. Steininger
Karl W. Steininger is Professor of
Economics at the University of Graz,
Austria. Professor Steininger was a
Fulbright scholar at UC Berkeley, a
Visiting Fellow at the University of
Maryland, UC Berkeley and the
World Bank, and has taught
international economics and
environmental and resource
economics in various European
countries as a guest professor. He has
authored books and articles on
international trade, global
environmental change, sustainable
mobility, renewable energy, and
institutional issues in resource use.
His most recent transport-related
publications include “Economics of
Sustainable Development:
International Perspectives” (with M.
Cogoy, invited for the Encyclopedia of
Life Support Systems), International
Trade and Transport (Edward Elgar,
2001), “The Foreign Trade and
Sectoral Impact of Truck Road
Pricing for Cross-Border Trade”
(Environmental and Resource Economics,
forthcoming), “Environmentally
Sustainable Transport” (Empirica,
forthcoming), “From Ownership to
Service Use Lifestyle: The Potential
of Car Sharing” (Ecological Economics,
1999).
Papers Published in World Economics:
Transport, Access and Economic Growth
Transport and gross domestic product have grown at roughly a one-to-one
relationship in the past. Many decision-makers consider the supply of transport
infrastructure an important ingredient in fostering productivity and economic
growth; some even consider it a prerequisite. This article analyses the various
causal links from transport to economic growth and puts their empirical
significance in perspective. The more important challenge for current transport
policy, however, is found to be that concerning the reverse linkage, i.e.—given a growing economy—how can we develop a transport system that does not then
erode the benefits it created in the first place? Finally, and to that end, a possible future system of sustainable access and mobility service is characterized and policy conclusions are drawn.
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