Description
Book SynopsisTransport economics and policy analysis is a field which has seen major advances in methodology in recent decades. The transport sector has many unique characteristics - non-storability, economies of scale and scope, indivisibilities and the extensive production of positive and negative externalities that need careful consideration in any analysis. The aim of this
Handbook is to provide an overview of the essential research methods with illustrations of how they are applied in practice.
The book is divided into six sections - transport costs, externalities, transport demand, pricing and investment, deregulation and privatisation, and transport policy impacts. Each section comprises several chapters, divided by mode of transport or other relevant factor.
Some of the unique features include:
- a comprehensive overview of methods used in transport economics and policy analysis from leading researchers in the field
- up-to-date methodology for analyzing transport costs and demand
- examples of how to value the full range of externalities of transport, including both costs and benefits
- guidance on how to assess the impact of privatisation and (de)regulation, with examples from local public transport, rail and air
- identification of the relevant factors involved in transport pricing, including roads, public transport, ports and airports
- an analysis of the neglected topic of equity in transport.
This illustrative overview of research methods will be essential to researchers, students and practitioners in academia, government and business.
Contributors: J. Bates, O. Betancor, B. de Borger, T. Fowkes, J. Holmgren, J. Owen Jansson, G. de Jong, G. Lindberg, H. Link, R. Liu, A. Ljungberg, A.D. May, H. Meersman, S. Morrison, C. Nash, J.-E. Nilsson, J. de Dios Ortuzar, J. Preston, S. Proost, L.I. Rizzi, W. Rothengatter, G. de Rus, S. Shepherd, A. Smith, J. Stanley, J. Stanley, S. Pettersen Strandenes, D. Van de Velde, E. Van de Voorde, R. Vickerman, P. Wheat, M. Wolanski
Trade Review'This book's title reveals a great ambition and the content, which covers all transport modes and all critical issues of our discipline, reaches a remarkable level of thoroughness. I have no doubt that this book will become a most valuable tool for students and researchers in transport economics.' --(Alain Bonnafous, University of Lyon, France)
Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Chris Nash PART I COSTS 2. Road and Rail Infrastructure Costs Heike Link 3. Public Transport Operations Costs Andrew Smith, Phill Wheat and Michal Wolanski 4. Freight Costs Tony Fowkes PART II EXTERNALITIES 5. Valuing Transport Externalities Luis I. Rizzi and Juan de Dios Ortúzar 6. Road Congestion Anthony D. May, Ronghui Liu and Simon Shepherd 7. Congestion and Scarcity in Scheduled Transport Modes Jan-Eric Nilsson 8. Accidents Gunnar Lindberg PART III DEMAND 9. Demand for Road transport John Bates 10. Public Transport Demand John Preston 11. Freight Demand Gerard de Jong PART IV PRICING AND INVESTMENT 12. Road Pricing and Investment Bruno de Borger and Stef Proost 13. Pricing Public Transport Services Jan Owen Jansson, Johan Holmgren and Anders Ljungberg 14. Airport Pricing and Investment Ginés de Rus and Ofelia Betancor 15. Port Pricing Hilde Meersman, Siri Pettersen Strandenes and Eddy Van de Voorde, PART V DEREGULATION AND PRIVATISATION 16. Local and Regional Public Transport Didier Van de Velde 17. Rail Chris Nash 18. Airlines Steve Morrison Part VI Transport Policy Impacts 19. Economic Impacts of Transport Policy Roger Vickerman 20. Approaches to Internalisation of Transport Externalities Werner Rothengatter 21. Equity in Transport John Stanley and Janet Stanley Index
