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Concepts of transportation economics / by Barry E. Prentice and Darren Prokop

By:

Prentice, Barry E

Contributor(s):

Prokop, Darren

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Jersey : World Scientific, 2016.Description: xxii, 308 p. : illISBN:

9789814656160

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

388.049 PRE-C

Contents:

Contents : Structure of the text -- Transportation and economic theory -- 1. Transportation, logistics and technology -- 2. The demand for transportation -- 3. Trade and transportation costs -- 4. Laws of variable proportions and scale -- 5. Laws of variable proportions and scale -- 6. Cost economics and traceability -- 7. Modal supply characterstics -- 8. Markets and competition in transportation -- 9. Externalities, public supply and marginal cost pricing -- 10.. Spatial and temporal pricing in transportation -- 11. Product pricing in transportation -- 12. Transportation, investment and generalized cost -- 13. Location and land settlement -- 14. Transportation and government policy -- 15. Regulatory enforcement and compliance

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB G-1	Non Fiction	388.049 PRE-C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out to Ayush Dangi (LT011)	10/03/2025	009829

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Contents : Structure of the text -- Transportation and economic theory --
1. Transportation, logistics and technology --
2. The demand for transportation --
3. Trade and transportation costs --
4. Laws of variable proportions and scale --
5. Laws of variable proportions and scale --
6. Cost economics and traceability --
7. Modal supply characterstics --
8. Markets and competition in transportation --
9. Externalities, public supply and marginal cost pricing --
10.. Spatial and temporal pricing in transportation --
11. Product pricing in transportation --
12. Transportation, investment and generalized cost --
13. Location and land settlement --
14. Transportation and government policy --
15. Regulatory enforcement and compliance

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.

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