Transportation economics theory and practice : a case study approach
"Transportation Economics" explores the efficient use of society's scarce resources for the movement of people and goods. This book carefully examines transportation markets and standard economic tools, how these resources are used, and how the allocation of society resources affects...
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Malden, Mass.
Blackwell Publishers
2001.
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Table of Contents:
- An overview of transportation activities in the United States
- The statistical analysis of economic relations
- Transportation demand--the divisible goods case
- Transportation demand--the discrete good case
- Firm production and cost in transportation--the long run
- Firm production and cost in transportation--the short run
- Competition, concentration, and market power in transportation
- Regulation, deregulation, and efficiency in transportation
- Transportation investment
- Welfare effects of public-sector pricing and investment
- Congestion pricing
- Transportation and land use in urban areas
- Public health effects of transportation.