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Klappentext First published in 1985 and strongly quantitative in flavour this book presents work that was at the frontier of research in the field of transport economics. Zusammenfassung First published in 1985 and strongly quantitative in flavour! Analytical Studies in Transport Economics presents work that was at the frontier of research in the field of transport economics. Written by some of the leading scholars in this field! it covers intercity freight and air passenger transport. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Analytical transport economics - structure and overview Andrew F. Daughety; 2. Augmentation effects and technical change in the regulated trucking industry, 1974-1979 Ann F. Friedlaender and Sharon Schur Bruce; 3. An econometric analysis of the cost and production structure of the trucking industry Andrew F. Daughety, Forrest D. Nelson, and William R. Vigdor; 4. Network effects and the measurement of returns to scale and density for U.S. railroads Douglas W. Caves, Laurits R. Christensen, Michael W. Tretheway, and Robert J. Windle; 5. Using indexed quadratic cost functions to model network technologies Richard H. Spady; 6. Joint estimation of freight transportation decisions under non-random sampling Daniel McFadden, Clifford Winston, and Axel Boersch-Supan; 7. Freight network equilibrium: a review of the state of the art Terry L. Friesz and Patrick T. Harker; 8. 8. Efficient pricing with rivalry between a railroad and a pipeline Ronald R. Braeutigam; 9. Airline deregulation, fares, and market behavior: some empirical evidence Gregory D. Call and Theodore E. Keeler.
