Transport Economics: Selected Readings

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF......Page 2
SERIES......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6
Notes on the Editors......Page 9
PREFACE......Page 11
INTRODUCTION......Page 13
PART I TRANSPORT DEMAND AND FORECASTING......Page 20
CHAPTER 1 TRANSPORT DEMAND: THE BASIC FRAMEWORK*......Page 22
CHAPTER 2 CONCEPTS OF PRICE ELASTICITIES OF TRANSPORT DEMAND AND RECENT EMPIRICAL ESTIMATES* AN INTERPRETATIVE SURVEY......Page 34
CHAPTER 3 THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DISAGGREGATE DEMAND FORECASTING FOR VARIOUS MODES OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION*......Page 58
CHAPTER 4 STATED PREFERENCE ANALYSIS OF TRAVEL CHOICES: THE STATE OF PRACTICE*......Page 81
CHAPTER 5 TRIP SCHEDULING IN URBAN TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS*......Page 102
PART II TRANSPORT COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS......Page 109
CHAPTER 6 COMPETITION, NATURAL MONOPOLY, AND SCALE ECONOMIES*......Page 111
CHAPTER 7 ECONOMIES OF DENSITY VERSUS ECONOMIES OF SCALE: WHY TRUNK AND LOCAL SERVICE AIRLINE COSTS DIFFER*......Page 129
CHAPTER 8 STATISTICAL COSTING IN TRANSPORTATION*......Page 154
CHAPTER 9 DEVISING BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR RAILWAYS*......Page 171
PART III PRICING OF TRANSPORT SERVICE......Page 199
CHAPTER 10 THE ROLE OF COST IN THE MINIMUM PRICING OF RAILROAD SERVICES*......Page 201
CHAPTER 11 OPTIMAL DEPARTURES FROM MARGINAL COST PRICING......Page 213
CHAPTER 12 AN INTEGRATED FARES POLICY FOR TRANSPORT IN LONDON......Page 237
CHAPTER 13 OPTIMAL BUS FARES......Page 250
CHAPTER 14 INTER-FIRM RIVALRY AND FIRM-SPECIFIC PRICE ELASTICITIES IN DEREGULATED AIRLINE MARKETS......Page 258
PART IV INFRASTRUCTURE PRICING AND INVESTMENT......Page 282
CHAPTER 15 PRICING AND CONGESTION: ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES RELEVANT TO PRICING ROADS......Page 284
CHAPTER 16 ROAD PRICING FOR CONGESTION MANAGEMENT: THE TRANSITION FROM THEORY TO POLICY......Page 308
CHAPTER 17 EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY......Page 333
CHAPTER 18 OPTIMAL PEAK-LOAD PRICING, INVESTMENT AND SERVICE LEVELS ON URBAN EXPRESSWAYS......Page 349
PART V MARKET STRUCTURE, REGULA AND DEREGULATION......Page 374
CHAPTER 19 QUALITY COMPETITION, INDUSTRY EQUILIBRIUM AND EFFICIENCY IN THE PRICE-CONSTRAINED AIRLINE MARKET......Page 376
CHAPTER 20 EMPIRICAL IMPLICATIONS AND TESTS OF THE CONTESTABILITY HYPOTHESIS......Page 396
CHAPTER 21 THE EVOLUTION OF U.S. AIRLINE COMPETITION*......Page 410
CHAPTER 22 AN APPLICATION OF THE ECONOMIC MODELLING APPROACH TO THE INVESTIGATION OF PREDATION......Page 438
CHAPTER 23 COMPETITION IN RAIL TRANSPORT: A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR RAILWAYS?......Page 457
CHAPTER 24 NORTH AMERICAN TRUCKING POLICY......Page 477
PART VI PROJECT EVALUATION......Page 503
CHAPTER 25 COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORT PROJECTS......Page 505
CHAPTER 26 BEHAVIOURAL AND RESOURCE VALUES OF TRAVEL TEME SAVINGS: A BICENTENNIAL UPDATE......Page 526
CHAPTER 27 THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE CHANNEL TUNNEL......Page 537