Economic Criteria for the Maintenance, Modification or Creation of Public Urban and Suburban Transport Services (Which May not Necessarily Be Profitable) [electronic resource]: Report of the Twenty-Fourth Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 22nd and 23rd November, 1973 / European Conference of Ministers of Transport

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

European Conference of Ministers of Transport.

Contributor:

European Conference of Ministers of Transport Economic Research Centre., Content Provider.

Series:

ECMT Round Tables, 19900228 ; no.24.

ECMT Round Tables, 19900228 ; no.24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban transportation--Congresses--Finance.

Urban transportation.

Local transit--Congresses--Finance.

Local transit.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (76 pages)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1975.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This Round Table explores the need for and use of subsidies in public transport.

Contents:

INTRODUCTORY REPORT

Foreword

Economic Criteria for the Maintenance, Modification or Creation of Public Urban and Suburban Transport by M. E.Beesley, United Kingdom

Introduction

Alternative uses for subsidy

Progress in empirical estimation

Further specific arguments for subsidy

General analysis of subsidies

The management of subsidies

SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION

-The utility of subsidies as a means of acting upon transport

Requirements for the efficient operation of subsidies

Conclusions

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9789282104033 (PDF)