Handbook of Transport Economics

Edited by André de Palma, CY Cergy Paris Université, France, Robin Lindsey, University of British Columbia, Canada, Emile Quinet, Paris School of Economics, ENPC, Paris, France and Roger Vickerman, Professor of European Economics, University of Kent, UK

• Contents:Foreword by Daniel McFadden1. IntroductionAndré de Palma, Robin Lindsey, Emile Quinet and Roger VickermanPART I: TRANSPORT AND SPATIAL ECONOMY 2. General Equilibrium Models for Transportation EconomicsJohannes Bröcker and Jean Mercenier3. Transport in Spatial Models of Economic DevelopmentMichael Wegener4. New Economic Geography: The Role of Transport CostsMiren Lafourcade and Jacques-François Thisse5. Transport Costs and International TradeAlberto Behar and Anthony J. Venables6. City Formation and Transport CostsTakatoshi TabuchiPART II: THE DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT7. Valuation of Travel Time SavingsDavid A. Hensher8. Advances in Discrete Choice: Mixture ModelsJoan L. Walker and Moshe Ben-Akiva9. Dynamic Traffic ModelingAndré de Palma and Mogens Fosgerau10. Activity-based Travel Demand AnalysisAbdul Rawoof Pinjari and Chandra R. Bhat11. Economics of Transport LogisticsMichel BeuthePART III: THE COST OF TRANSPORT12. Cost Functions for Transport FirmsLeonardo J. Basso, Sergio R. Jara-Díaz and William G. Waters II13. Efficiency Measurement Theory and its Application to Airport BenchmarkingTae Hoon Oum, Katsuhiro Yamaguchi and Yuichiro Yoshida14. Theory of External CostsStef Proost15. External Costs of Transport in the United StatesMark Delucchi and Don McCubbin16. External Costs of Transport in EuropeRainer Friedrich and Emile Quinet17. The Value of a Statistical LifeHenrik Andersson and Nicolas Treich18. Transport and EnergyKenneth Button19. The Full Marginal Costs of Highway Travel: Methods and Empirical Estimation for North AmericaYossi Berechman, Bekir Bartin, Ozlem Yanmaz-Tuzel and Kaan OzbayPART IV: OPTIMAL PUBLIC DECISIONS20. Surplus TheoryYoshitsugu Kanemoto21. The Direct and Wider Impacts of Transport Projects: A ReviewPeter Mackie, Daniel Graham and James Laird22. Price DiscriminationSimon P. Anderson and Régis Renault23. Road Congestion PricingGeorgina Santos and Erik Verhoef24. The Economics of Information in TransportPiet Rietveld25. Personal Intelligent Travel AssistantsCasper G. Chorus and Harry J.P. Timmermans26. Equity Dimensions of Transport PolicyAlain Trannoy27. Psychology and Rationality in User Behavior: The Case of ScarcityJonathan L. GiffordPART V: COMPETITION AND REGULATION28. Competition, Regulation and Public Service ObligationsMarco Ponti29. The Theory of Incentives Applied to the Transport SectorElisabetta Iossa and David Martimort30. Public–Private Partnerships in TransportAntonio Estache, Ellis Juan and Lourdes Trujillo31. Parking EconomicsRichard Arnott32. The Industrial Organization of Competition in Local Bus ServicesPhilippe Gagnepain, Marc Ivaldi and Catherine Muller-Vibes33. Competition and Regulation in Rail TransportChris Nash34. Airport Governance and Regulation: Three Decades of Aviation System ReformDavid Gillen35. Competition and Regulation in Air TransportAnming Zhang, Yimin Zhang and Joseph A. Clougherty36. Competition and Regulation in SeaportsHilde Meersman, Eddy Van de Voorde and Thierry Vanelslander37. Competition and Regulation in Maritime TransportMary R. BrooksIndex

’This Handbook is a stellar compilation of up-to-date knowledge about the important topics in transport economics. Authors include the very best in the field, and they cover the most important topics for today's research and policy applications. Individual chapters contain sound, readable, well referenced explanations of each topic's history and current status. I cannot think of a better place to start for anyone wanting to become current in the field or in any of its parts.’<>BR>-Kenneth Small, University of California, Irvine, US