Bogart receives grant from NSF to study transportation improvements
Bogart receives grant from NSF to study transportation improvements
- May 14, 2013
- Research ties technology innovations to lower costs
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Dan Bogart, economics associate professor, has received a $295,829 grant from the
National Science Foundation to study the relationship between transportation improvements
and the Industrial Revolution. This project makes use of Geographical Information
Systems mapping technology to precisely model the transport cost and travel times
between British cities from 1700-1870. The project will also estimate each city's
cost of accessing markets and the effect on its wages and adoption of technologies,
like the steam engine. Findings will shed light on savings made possible by new technology
innovations in the transportation industry during this time frame.
Funding for this project began in March and will run through February 2016.
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