REPORT OF THE SIXTY-SEVENTH ROUND TABLE ON TRANSPORT ECONOMICS HELD IN PARIS ON 10-11 MAY 1984 ON THE FOLLOWING TOPIC: AIMS AND EFFECTS OF PUBLIC FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PASSENGER TRANSPORT

The report contains the following sections: (1) market failures, subsidy and welfare maximisation; (2) monopoly, regulation and cross-subsidy; (3) externalities and transport subsidies as second best; (4) economies of scale; (5) imperfect information; (6) public goods; option values; (7) efficiency effects of subsidy; (8) susbsidies and redistribution; (9) subsidy and management objectives; (10) warrants for subsidies. This report is published in French under the title: "Objectifs and effets de l'intervention financiere des pouvoirs publics dans les transports de personnes". (TRRL)

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  European Conference of Ministers of Transport

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• Authors:
  • Gwilliam, K M
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 77 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Buses; Costs; Cross subsidization; Economic analysis; Economic efficiency; Economic factors; Economics; Equity; Financing; Income; Length; Loss and damage; Management; Optimization; Performance; Physical distribution; Policy; Productivity; Public transit; Regulations; Sociology; Subsidies; Tariffs; Transportation; Travel; Travel time; Trip length
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Optimum; Performance indicators
• Old TRIS Terms: Government regulation; Management policies
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 224: Cost; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 9016: Distribution (gen); 263: Economics of transport; 5911: Efficiency; 244: Financing; 256: Income; 698: Journey; 697: Journey time; 6488: Length; 9040: Loss; 744: Public transport; 2253: Sociology; 241: Tariff
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394457
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 92-821-1094-X
• Report/Paper Numbers: ECMT Round Table 67
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM