Essays in Transportation Economics and Policy: A Handbook in Honor of John R. Meyer
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (741 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0815731817 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 600 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Transportation Economics and Policy A Customer An excellent choice for anyone who is interested in transportation. The essays range from issues related to developing countries to those that are pertinent to the US. While this is not exactly a beginner's book it is very easy to read with some background in economics or engineering.. it;s good Pingjun SUN Essays in Transportation Economics and Policy: A Handbook in Honor of, it;s good, worth to be have one. i like it. Mara Hodges said yes. Had to read it for class, don't remember much of it.
How wonderful it is to have so much good material under one cover!" —Peter Gordon, University of Southern California, APA Journal, vol. "For those who teach courses on any of the topics in this 'Handbook', this may be the most useful collection of essays available. The necessary economics background may exceed that of many average urban planning or public policy students, but this gives the instructor something to do. 66, no.1, 1/1/2000
Clifford Winston is a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. Among his previous books are Deregulation of Network Industries: What's Next? coedited with Sam Peltzman (AEI-Brookings, 2000), and Alternate Route: Toward Efficient Urban Transportation, cowritten with Chad Shirley (Brookings, 1998).. Gómez-Ibáñez, professor of public pol
O'Regan, Yale University; Don Pickrell, U.S. Quigley, University of California, Berkeley; Ian Savage, Northwestern University; and Kenneth A. Braeutigam, Northwestern University; Robert E. Morrison, Northeastern University; Katherine M. Department of Transportation; John M. airline, railroad, and trucking industries. Altshuler, Harvard University; Ronald R. Kain, University of Texas at Dallas; Charles Lave, University of California, Irvine; Lester Lave, Carnegie Mellon University; Robert A. Ingram, The Wold Bank; John F. Meyer. Leone, Boston University; Zhi Liu, The World Bank; Herbert Mohring, University of Minnesota; Steven A. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Alan A. With contributions from leading economists in the field, it includes added emphasis on policy developments and analysis. Gallamore, Union Pacific Railroad; Arnold M. This comprehensive survey of transportation economic policy pays homage to a classic work, Techniques of Transportation Planning, by renowned transportation scholar John R. The book covers the basic analytic methods used in transportation economics and policy analysis; focuses on the automobile, as both the mainstay of American transportation and the source of some of its most serious difficulties; covers key issues of urban public transportation;