COURSE SYLLABUS FOR: INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION-APPLICATIONS TO TRANSPORTATION
A basic understanding of industrial organization is essential for students and practitioners in the field of transportation. Understanding issues related to transportation regulation, transportation firm behavior, and transportation sector performance will contribute to prudent decisionmaking by transportation practitioners. In this project, a syllabus is devised for a course in industrial organization with applications to transportation. The course contains three basic segments: 1) an examination of economic efficiency and the rationale for economic regulation; 2) tools used in the "new" industrial organization literature; and 3) case studies of regulation and deregulation in transportation. Upon completion of the course, students should be equipped to analyze public policy issues related to economic efficiency and the impacts that government policies and/or regulation may have on the transportation industry and consumers; and understand the literature in industrial organization and be able to apply industrial organization theory to transportation.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This report was prepared with funds provided by the United States Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
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Corporate Authors:
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND United States 58108 -
Authors:
- Bitzan, J D
- Publication Date: 1995-11
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: 7 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Case studies; Curricula; Deregulation; Economic efficiency; Economics; Industry structure; Policy; Students; Theory; Transportation
- Subject Areas: Economics; Education and Training; Policy; Society; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00715415
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: MPC Report No. 95-49
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 28 2001 12:00AM