The Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport
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Maritime and Transport Science

Economic Analyses in Transport


Syllabus

  • Methodological particularities of transport economic analysis
  • Basics of micro and macro-economic analysis of transport
  • Transport demand and forecasting methods of transport demand
  • Productivity of the transport system
  • Cost analysis in transport system
  • Internal and external effects of transport
  • Investments in transport infrastructure
  • Investments into public transport
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Goals and competencies

Objectives: To gain knowledge in the field of transport and economic analysis and the skills to apply this knowledge in all modes of transport.

 

Subject-specific competences include understanding of:

  • approaches in the study of supply and demand in transport (qualitative approaches, time series analysis, econometric approaches);
  • approaches in forecasting traffic demand (regression models, probit model, logit models);
  • effects of the cost structure on the price of transport services and the impact of the price of transport services in the socio-economic development;
  • processes in the optimization of costs in transport;
  • methods of internalization of negative external effects of transport;
  • evaluation methods of transport projects (BCA, MCA).

Basic literature

  1. Daughety A. F. (2008): Analytical studies in transport economics; Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press
  2. Cascetta E. (2009): Transportation systems analysis: Models and applications (2nd ed.); New York et al.: Springer
  3. Priemus H., Flyvbjerg B., van Wee B. (2008): Decision-making on mega-projects; Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
  4. Cole S. (2005): Applied transport economics; London: The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
  5. Polak J. B., Heertje A. (2000): Analytical transport economics; Cheltenham
  6. Button K. J., Hensher D. A. (2001): Handbook of transport system and traffic control; Amsterdam, London: Pergamon (Elsevier Science)

Lecturers

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