Public transport operations costs

Andrew Smith; Phill Wheat; Michal Wolanski

Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Transport Economics and Policy

Handbooks of Research Methods and Applications series

Edited by Chris Nash

Transport economics and policy analysis is a field which has seen major advances in methodology in recent decades, covering issues such as estimating cost functions, modelling of demand, dealing with externalities, examining industry ownership and structure, pricing and investment decisions and measuring economic impacts. This Handbook contains reviews of all these methods, with an emphasis on practical applications, commissioned from an international cast of experts in the field.

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Published in print:: 25 Sep 2015

ISBN:: 9780857937926

eISBN:: 9780857937933

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9780857937933

Pages:: c 464

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Chapter 3: Public transport operations costs

Andrew Smith, Phill Wheat and Michal Wolanski

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Published:: 25 September 2015

Category:: Handbook Chapter

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9780857937933.00009

Pages:: 38–70 (33 total)

Collection: Economics 2015

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3 Public transport operations costs Andrew Smith, Phill Wheat and Michal Wolanski 3.1 INTRODUCTION Analysis of the cost structure of transportation operations serves many purposes. First there are the usual business accounting and management motiv...

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