Transport 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
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