First Published in 1997. This book contains a set of readings which convey clearly the fundamental concepts, theory and methodologies essential for the teaching and study of transport economics. The papers were carefully selected by seven prominent and experienced professors of transport economics for their usefulness in teaching. As such, most of the twenty-seven papers included in the book deal with timeless and fundamental subjects in transport economics and have been evaluated by many instructors as being effective papers for teaching. The book is organised into six parts: Transport Demand, Transport Cost, Pricing, Infrastructure, Regulation and Market Structure, and Project Evaluation.
Biography
Tae Hoon Oum is Van Dusen Foundation Professor of Transport Economics at the University of British Columbia. John S. Dodgson is Reader in Economics at the University of Liverpool. David A. Hensher is Professor of Management, and Director of the Institute of Transport Studies: A Commonwealth Key Centre of Teaching and Research in Transport Management in the Graduate School of Business at the University of Sydney. Steven A. Morrison is a Professor of Economics at Northeastern University. He has also held positions at the University of British Columbia, the London School of Economics, the Brookings Institution and MIT. Christopher A. Nash is Professor of Transport Economics and Director of the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, UK. Kenneth A. Small, Professor of Economics at the University of California at Irvine, is the author of Urban Transportation Economics, coauthor of Road Work, and co-editor of the journal Urban Studies. W.G. Waters II is an Associate Professor of Transportation and Logistics, in the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
