MPE_TREN Transport economics

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ing. Zdeněk Tomeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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: Lydie Pravdová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Tue 12:50–14:30 S306
Prerequisites
Micoreconomics; Introductory Econometrics
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
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
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
  • Lecture 1: Transportation and Economy
  • Seminar 1: Statistical analysis
  • Lecture 2: Transport demand: divisible goods
  • Seminar 2: Transport demand: divisible goods
  • Lecture 3: Transport demand: discrete goods
  • Seminar 3: Transport demand: discrete goods
  • Lecture 4: Transport costs: long run
  • Seminar 4: Transport costs: long run
  • Lecture 5: Transport costs: short run
  • Seminar 5: Transport costs: short run
  • Lecture 6: Competition, concentration, monopoly
  • Seminar 6: Competition, concentration, monopoly
Literature
    required literature
  • MCCARTHY, Patrick S. Transportation economics : theory and practice : a case study approach. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2001, xv, 620. ISBN 0631221816. info
    recommended literature
  • BUTTON, Kenneth John. Transport economics. 3rd ed. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2010, x, 511. ISBN 9781840641912. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars, project
Assessment methods
20% - seminar’s activity 40% - defense of empirical project 40% - exam from transport economics
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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