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9780230516885

Transport Economics Theory, Application and Policy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230516885

  • ISBN10:

    0230516882

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-04-15
  • Publisher: Red Globe Pr
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Summary

Transport Economics introduces students to the key areas of the transport sector, combining lucid explanation of theory with detailed case studies from across the European Union. The book applies microeconomic theory and isaimed at students taking their first course in the subject.

Author Biography

GRAHAM MALLARD is currently part of the PhD programme at the University of Bathand holds degrees in Economics and Education from Cambridge University and the University of Sunderland, UK. He is an experienced teacher of transport economics at a range of levels.

STEPHEN GLAISTER CBE is Professor of Transport and Infrastructure at Imperial College, University of London, UK. He is an eminent transport economist and adviser to Transport for London.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Setting The Scene
The History of Transport
The Importance of Transport
The Theory Of Markets
The Demand for Transport
Markets, Costs and Revenues
Competition and Contestability
Monopoly
Monopolistic Competition
Oligopoly
Mathematical Appendix
Market Failure
Externalities
Public and Demerit Goods
Inequality and Asymmetric Goods
Policy
Privatisation and Deregulation
Project Appraisal
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Transport Investment
General Forms of Government Intervention
Tackling Traffic Congestion
The Future
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