MPE_TREN Transport economics

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ing. Zdeněk Tomeš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Zdeněk Tomeš, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Šveňhová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Tue 12:50–14:30 P303
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Transportation Economics explores the efficient use of society’s scarce resources for the movement of people and goods. This course carefully examines transportation markets and standard economic tools, how these resources are used, and how the allocation of society resources affects transportation activities.
Syllabus
  • Seminar 1: Transportat Markets
  • Seminar 2: Transport Demand
  • Seminar 3: Transport Demand II
  • Seminar 4: Efficiency
  • Seminar 5: Transport costs
  • Seminar 6: Imperfect competition
  • Seminar 7: Pricing
  • Seminar 8: Regulation
  • Seminar 9: Ownership
  • Seminar 10: Subsidy
  • Seminar 11: Transport and economic development
  • Seminar 12: Transport appraisal
  • Seminar 13: Transport forecasting
Literature
    required literature
  • COWIE, Jonathan. The economics of transport : a theoretical and applied perspective. Edited by Stephen Ison - Tom Rye - Geoff Riddington. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2010, xv, 384. ISBN 9780415419802. info
    recommended literature
  • BUTTON, Kenneth John. Transport economics. 3rd ed. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2010, x, 511. ISBN 9781840641912. info
  • MCCARTHY, Patrick S. Transportation economics : theory and practice : a case study approach. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2001, xv, 620. ISBN 0631221816. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars, project
Assessment methods
50% - seminar’s activity 50% - defense of empirical project
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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