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Essays in transportation economics and policy : a handbook in honor of John R. Meyer / José A. Gómez-Ibáñez, William B. Tye, Clifford Winston, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transportation and state.
- Transportation.
- Meyer, John Robert.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 577 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This comprehensive survey of transportation economic policy pays homage to a classic work, Techniques of Transportation Planning, by renowned transportation scholar John R. Meyer. With contributions from leading economists in the field, it includes added emphasis on policy developments and analysis. 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; and analyzes the impact of regulation and deregulation on the U.S. airline, railroad, and trucking industries. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Alan A. Altshuler, Harvard University; Ronald R. Braeutigam, Northwestern University; Robert E. Gallamore, Union Pacific Railroad; Arnold M. Howitt, Harvard University; Gregory K. Ingram, The Wold Bank; John F. Kain, University of Texas at Dallas; Charles Lave, University of California, Irvine; Lester Lave, Carnegie Mellon University; Robert A. Leone, Boston University; Zhi Liu, The World Bank; Herbert Mohring, University of Minnesota; Steven A. Morrison, Northeastern University; Katherine M. O'Regan, Yale University; Don Pickrell, U.S. Department of Transportation; John M. Quigley, University of California, Berkeley; Ian Savage, Northwestern University; and Kenneth A. Small, University of California Irvine.
- Contents:
- Legacy of John R. Meyer / José A. Gómez-Ibáñez, William B. Tye, and Clifford Winston
- Demand for transportation : models and applications / Kenneth A. Small and Clifford Winston
- Learning about transport costs / Ronald R. Braeutigam
- Pricing / José A. Gómez-Ibáñez
- Project evaluation / Kenneth A. Small
- Congestion / Herbert Mohring
- Politics of controlling auto air pollution / Arnold M. Howitt and Alan Altshuler
- Fuel economy and auto safety regulation : is the cure worse than the disease? / Charles Lave and Lester Lave
- Technology-forcing public policies and the automobile / Robert A. Leone
- Determinants of motorization and road provision / Gregory K. Ingram and Zhi Liu
- Urban transportation problem : a reexamination and update / John F. Kain
- Transportation and land use / Don Pickrell
- Accessibility and economic opportunity / Katherine M. O'Regan and John M. Quigley
- Regulatory reform of U.S. intercity transportation / Steven A. Morrison and Clifford Winston
- Regulation and innovation : lessons from the American railroad industry / Robert E. Gallamore
- Economics of commercial transportation safety / Ian Savage.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815715696
- 0815715692
- 9780585041643
- 0585041644
- OCLC:
- 923615375
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