Prentice, Barry E. <br/><br/>
Concepts of transportation economics / 
by Barry E. Prentice and Darren Prokop 
 - New Jersey :  World Scientific,  2016. 
 - xxii, 308 p. : ill. 
<br/><br/>Contents : Structure of the text -- Transportation and economic theory --<br/>1. Transportation, logistics and technology --<br/> 2. The demand for transportation --<br/> 3. Trade and transportation costs -- <br/>4. Laws of variable proportions and scale -- <br/>5. Laws of variable proportions and scale -- <br/>6. Cost economics and traceability -- <br/>7. Modal supply characterstics -- <br/>8. Markets and competition in transportation -- <br/>9. Externalities, public supply and marginal cost pricing -- <br/>10.. Spatial and temporal pricing in transportation -- <br/>11. Product pricing in transportation -- <br/>12. Transportation, investment and generalized cost -- <br/>13. Location and land settlement -- <br/>14. Transportation and government policy --<br/>15. Regulatory enforcement and compliance<br/> 
<br/><br/> This book combines approaches from economics as well as business administration to stimulate scientific discourse and support decision-makers. The first part of the book examines the relationship between transport and economic growth, and specifically, whether "decoupling" of transport and economic growth appears possible. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789814656160 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>PL<br/>Economic development.<br/>Transportation --Costs.<br/>Commercial products --Transportation.<br/>Transportation and state-- 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>388.049  / PRE-C