| TNK113 |
Transport Economics, 6 ECTS credits.
/Transportekonomi/
For:
KTS
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 46
Rec. self-study hours: 114
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Area of Education: Technology
Main field of studies: Transportation Systems Engineering, Logistics
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
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Aim:
The overall aim of the course is to provide knowledge of how transport costs and other economic factors affect the transport system and how the transport system affects the rest of society.
After the course the student should be able to:
- Account for the fundamentals of microeconomics, including the market structures competitive market and monopoly, as well as the basics of welfare theory.
- Account for the role of transport costs in the design of optimal transport systems
- Account for the principles of optimal pricing and its application to different modes of transport.
- Account for the principles of welfare maximizing investment appraisal and be able to apply them in practical cost-benefit analysis of changes in the transport system.
- Account for the effects of the design of the transport system on the location of economic activities.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Industrial Economics, Transportation Systems
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Organisation:
Lectures and group discussions.
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Course contents:
The course will discuss some of the main areas of interest in the field of transport economics including:
- Fundamentals of microeconomics and welfare theory.
- The analysis of transport costs.
- Optimal transport prizing.
- Investment appraisal and project evaluation.
- Transport planning and regulation.
- Transport and economic development.
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Course literature:
Announced separately.
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Examination: |
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Written examination
Hand-in assignments
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4 ECTS
2 ECTS
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Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: ITN.
Director of Studies: Erik Bergfeldt
Examiner: Pernilla Ivehammar
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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