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Public transit economics and deregulation policy /
Drawing on transit experience from various countries and markets, this book examines the economic environment of transit operations, the cost and production properties of transit service supply and the policies and prospects of transit regulatory reform. The principal objectives of the book are: fir...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
North-Holland,
1993.
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| Colección: | Studies in regional science and urban economics ;
v. 23. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Public Transit Economics and Deregulation Policy; Copyright Page; Dedication; INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview; 1.0. Introduction; 1.1. Approach, Objectives, and Scope of Analysis; 1.2. Overview; Notes; PART ONE: THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT OF TRANSIT OPERATIONS; Chapter 2. Contemporary Metropolitan Areas and the Demand for Transit; 2.0. Introduction; 2.1. Transit Travel Demand Patterns; 2.2. Principles of Transit Travel Demand Analysis
- 2.3. Effects of Urban Form, Demographic and Female Employment Factors on Transit Demand2.4. Transit Demand Elasticities; 2.5. Public Policy Effects on Transit Demand; 2.6. Conclusions; Notes; Chapter 3. The Economic Environment of Transit Services Supply; 3.0. Introduction; 3.1. Theoretical Considerations in the Regulation and Subsidization of Public Transport; 3.2. Actual Forms of Regulation of Public Transit; 3.3. Transit Subsidization; 3.4. The Monopsonistic Power of Labor Unions in Transit; 3.5. Regulatory and Subsidy Policies and Transit Firms' Behavior; 3.6. Conclusions
- Appendix A: Parameters of Transit Regulatory PolicyNotes; PART TWO: COST AND PRODUCTION PROPERTIES OF TRANSIT SERVICE SUPPLY; Chapter 4. Transit Services Provision: The Decision Making Problem; 4.0. Introduction; 4.1. Theoretical Foundation of a Transit Resource Allocation Decision Model; 4.2. Review of Studies on the Decision Making Model of Transit Service Provision; 4.3. Determinants of the Transit Firm Decision Problem; 4.4. A Transit Resources Allocation Model; 4.5. Empirical Properties of the Decision Model; 4.6. Conclusions; Notes
- Chapter 5. Analysis of Transit Cost and Production Structure5.0. Introduction; 5.1. Models Used in Transit Cost Analysis; 5.2. Data Bases Used in Empirical Studies; 5.3. Analysis of Transit Cost Elasticities; 5.4. Properties of Transit Production Technology; 5.5. Conclusions; Appendix A: The Translogarithmic Cost Function Model; Notes; Chapter 6. Analysis of Transit Productivity and Efficiency; 6.0. Introduction; 6.1. Concepts of Efficiency and Productivity; 6.2. Performance Indicators Analysis; 6.3. Cost and Production Function-Based Partial and Full Factor Productivity Measures
- 6.4. Alternative Methodologies for Measuring Transit Productivity6.5. A Market Equilibrium Model of Transit Productivity Measurement; 6.6. Principal Factors Affecting Transit Productivity Changes; 6.7. Conclusions; Notes; PART THREE: TRANSIT REGULATORY REFORM POLICIES AND PROSPECTS; Chapter 7. Theoretical Foundations of Transit Regulatory Reform Perspectives; 7.0. Introduction; 7.1. The Political-Economy Context of Regulatory Reform; 7.2. Transit Regulatory Reform Policies; 7.3. Regimes of Transit Regulatory Reform Policies; 7.4. Conclusions; Notes