The Channel Tunnel – An Ex-post Economic Evaluation

By R. Anguera. 2006

111 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Building and Construction, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Strategy and Management

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1. Bent Flyvbjerg
2. Bert van Wee

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1. Bent Flyvbjerg

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1. Bent Flyvbjerg
2. Bert van Wee

Citations in the corpus

• What you Should Know about Megaprojects and Why: An Overview (2014, background): “An economic and financial ex post evaluation of the Channel Tunnel, which systematically compared actual with forecasted costs and benefits, concluded that “the British Economy would have been better off had the Tunnel never been constructed” (Anguera, 2006, p. 291). Other examples of non-viable meg”
• Does Infrastructure Investment Lead to Economic Growth or Economic Fragility? Evidence from China (2016, unknown): “The cost overrun and benefit shortfall on the Channel tunnel were so large that Anguera (2006, p. 291) concluded, ‘the British Economy would have been better off had the Tunnel never been constructed’.”
• Survival of the Unfittest: Why the Worst Infrastructure Gets Built-And What We Can Do About it (2009, background): “An economic and financial ex post evaluation of the project, which systematically compared actual with forecasted costs and benefits, concluded that ‘the British Economy would have been better off had the Tunnel never been constructed’ (Anguera, 2006, p. 291).”