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100			_aPrentice, Barry E. _939023
245			_aConcepts of transportation economics / _cby Barry E. Prentice and Darren Prokop
260			_aNew Jersey : _bWorld Scientific, _c2016.
300			_axxii, 308 p. : ill.
505			_aContents : 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
520			_aThis 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.
650			_aPL _930510
650			_aEconomic development. _939031
650			_aTransportation _xCosts. _939032
650			_aCommercial products _xTransportation. _939033
650			_aTransportation and state _y _939034
690			_aTransportation _939035
700			_aProkop, Darren _939029
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