Search for dissertations about: "transport economics"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 167 swedish dissertations containing the words transport economics.

  2. 16. Transport system optimization and pricing

    Author : Jan Owen Jansson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : How should the pricing principles prescribed by welfare economic theory be translated into operational pricing policy for different transport services? This question is considered for scheduled transport services in general, and for urban bus transport and cargo shipping in particular, for seaports and for highways. The second main question is: what would the financial result be in these cases of applying a pricing policy aimed at net social benefit mazimization? To answer this second question the tempting short-cut of assuming the whole supply-side as given, which is typical of the prevailing price theory, has to be resisted. READ MORE

  4. 17. Cost-Benefit Analysis of climate policy and long term public investments

    Author : Disa Thureson; Lars Hultkrantz; Jan-Eric Nilsson; Robert Lundmark; Disa Asplund; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Cost of Carbon; Greenhous Gases; Distributional weights; Discounting; Cost benefit analysis; Elasticity of Marginal Utility of Consumption; Risk aversion; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Qa Economics and finance;

    Abstract : This compilation dissertation consists of four essays with the common theme of welfare analysis of long-term public investments. The first two essays focus on analysis of climate change mitigation, i.e., the social cost of carbon dioxide. READ MORE

  5. 18. Government's Role for Transport Infrastructure : Theoretical Approaches and Historical Development

    Author : Björn Hasselgren; Göran Cars; Hans Lind; Mark Pennington; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Government; Market; Planning; Transport Infrastructure;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes and discusses the development of the Swedish government’s role as owner and financier of roads and railroads from the 1930s until the 2010s. The influence on the development of the government’s role from two main theoretical paradigms is discussed and analyzed. READ MORE

  6. 19. Essays on Transport Economics

    Author : Mattias Haraldsson; Per Johansson; Mogens Fosgerau; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Economics; Transport economics; marginal cost; distance work; matching; duration analysis; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1: The wear and tear of an extra vehicle that uses a road results in advancementof future repavements. This increases the present value cost of these repavements, which is interpreted as the marginal cost. READ MORE

  7. 20. A Piece of the Puzzle : Essays on Accessibility, Transport Infrastructure and Distribution

    Author : Anders Bondemark; Henrik Andersson; Karin Brundell-Freij; Anders Wretstrand; Niek Mouter; Trafik och väg; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE