Economic Evaluation of Transport Projects

Ginés de Rus, Ph.D. in Economics, University of Leeds (U.K), is Professor of Economics at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Professor of Cost-Benefit Analysis at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, as well as Associate Researcher in FEDEA. He has published extensively on the economics of infrastructure and transport, as well as economic evaluation of projects and public policies. He has collaborated as an external expert on cost–benefit analysis for the European Commission, the Asian Development Bank, the European Investment Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank. M. Pilar Socorro, Ph.D. in Economics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), is Associate Professor of Economics at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Her main research interest is related to economic modelling in the fields of transport economics, contract theory, and industrial organization, having published several articles in high-impact transport economic journals. She has also participated in several national and international projects financed, among others, by the European Commission, the European Investment Bank or the Inter-American Development Bank. Jorge Valido, Ph.D. in Economics, is Associate Professor of Economics at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. His main research fields are economic evaluation, regulation, and transport economics. He has published on the economics of infrastructure and transport, as well as economic evaluation of projects and public policies. He has collaborated as External Expert on economic evaluation for, among others, the European Investment Bank or the Inter-American Development. Javier Campos, Ph.D. in Economics, is Associate Professor of Economics at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. His current research area is the empirical and theoretical analysis of competition and regulation in infrastructure sectors. He studied at the London School of Economics (M.Sc. in Economics, 1992) and CEMFI (Ph.D. in Economics, 1996). He has also worked as Consultant for The World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, where he has gained field experience on regulatory policies and infrastructure reform in Latin America.

• Introduction.- Cost-benefit analysis of transport projects: Theoretical framework and practical rules.- Cost-benetif analysis of transport investments: An application to high-speed rail investments.- The consequences of pricing policies on investment decisions: An application to high-speed rail and airport investments.- Cost-benefit analysis of transport policies: An application to subsidies in air transport markets.