Principles of transportation economics
Principles of Transportation Economics is an introduction into the distinctive elements of transportation economics, describing how the standard pieces of economic analysis are applied in the transport sector. Boyer's text reflects transportation economics as it is taught and practiced today. U...
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Reading, MA
Addison-Wesley Longman
1997
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| Series: | Addison-Wesley series in economics
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Table of Contents:
- I. TRANSPORTATION DEMAND
- 1. Why Study Transportation Economics?
- 2. The Source of Transportation Demand
- 3. Demand for Freight Transportation
- 4. The Demand for Passenger Transportation
- II. TRANSPORTATION COSTS
- 5. Transportation Cost Concepts
- 6. The Costs of Fixed Facilities
- 7. Transport Vehicle Cost
- 8. The Cost of Operating Transport Vehicles
- III. ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES FOR TRANSPORT PRICING
- 9. Transportation Investment and Disinvestment
- 10. Efficient Pricing
- 11. Paying for Use of Transport Facilities
- IV. GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION
- 12. Market Power in Transportation
- 13. Regulation of Market Power in Transportation
- 14. Regulation of the Social Costs of Transportation