The role of port infrastructure for economic development with an application to Belgium and the Port of Antwerp

Transport infrastructure plays an important role in the national economy, especially in an open and globalized economy. In a framework of a dynamic industrial environment, this thesis investigates the relationship between business location decisions and performance of strategic transport infrastructure. In this line of thought, port regional attractiveness and competitiveness is a main determinant.This study has found that transport infrastructure has a positive and significant impact on Belgian economic growth in the period of 1990-2010 in addition to the traditional growth stimulating factor... Mehr ...