Transportation Economics - Patrick S. McCarthy

Transportation Economics

Theory and Practice: A Case Study Approach
Buch | Hardcover
640 Seiten
2001
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-631-22180-7 (ISBN)
59,80 inkl. MwSt
* Provides insight on both the theoretical and applied foundations of transportation economics. * Analyzes detailed econometric results from the transportation literature. * Includes econometric case studies that illustrate the economic principles developed.
Unlike any other book available, this collection uses a detailed analysis of econometric results from current transportation literature to provide an integrated collection of theory and application. Case studies are used to illustrate the economic principles developed, while testable hypotheses and economic results are highlighted throughout the text to provide a well-developed introduction to the foundations of transportation economics.

Patrick S. McCarthy is Professor and Chair in the School of Economics at Georgia Institute of Technology, and was formerly Professor of Economics in the Krannert Graduate School of Business at Purdue University. His current research interests focus upon transportation demand modeling, public transit costs, transportation safety, government regulation, and transportation infrastructure. He is widely published, and since 1993 he has contributed to the Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, the Journal of Infrastructure Systems, the Review of Economics and Statistics, Transport Policy, Economics Letters, and the Journal of Urban Economics.

Preface. 1. An overview of Transportation Acitivites.

2. Statistical Analysis of Economic Relations.

3. Transportation Demand - Divisible Goods Case.

4. Transportation Demand - Discrete Good Case.

5. Firm Production and Cost in Transportation - The Long Run.

6. Firm Produciton and Cost in Transportation - The Short Run.

7. Competition, Concentration and Market Power in Transportation.

8. Regulation, Deregulation, and Efficiency in Transportation.

9. Transportation Investment.

10. Welfare Effects of Public Sector Pricing and Investment.

11. Congestion Pricing.

12. Transportation and Land Use in Urban Areas.

13. Transportation Safety.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 17.1.2001
Verlagsort Hoboken
Sprache englisch
Maße 180 x 259 mm
Gewicht 1429 g
Themenwelt Technik
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Ökonometrie
ISBN-10 0-631-22180-8 / 0631221808
ISBN-13 978-0-631-22180-7 / 9780631221807
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