The importance of the front-end decision-making phase in securing projects long-term
success is being increasingly recognized. This area is underrepresented in the literature, but …

In this paper we examine how 23 industrialised countries treat wider economic impacts
(WEIs) in transport appraisals. We identify 12 different types of impacts based on these …

This paper addresses the issue with contradictory outcomes of cost-benefit analyses (CBA)
performed on the same project that can be seen in many Norwegian public-investment …

The starting point is that the benefit/cost ratio is virtually uncorrelated to the likelihood of a
Norwegian classified road project entering the list of investments selected for the National …

The report provides a description of the Norwegian State Project Model, also referred to as
the government's scheme for external quality assurance of major public investment projects …

Despite general disagreement over what the most suitable monetary value for a carbon
price is, one particular carbon price somehow became the most commonly used price in cost …

This book mainly focuses on governance through the lenses of private sector organizations
and projects. In this chapter, we try to supplement and contrast this perspective with a …

PUBLIC investment projects do not always meet the expectations of different stake-holders.
Cost overruns are apparently the most common failure reported in the media. In studying …

This paper analyses which factors can explain the planned funding for 83 different stretches
of roads in the Norwegian national road network during the ten-year period from 2010 to …

Rasmus Bøgh Holmen er seniorforsker ved Transportøkonomisk institutt (TØI). Han er
spesialisert innen produktivitetsforskning og samfunnsvirkninger av infrastruktur, herunder …