Environment and transport in economic modelling
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Bibliographic Information
Environment and transport in economic modelling
(Series on economics, energy and environment, 10)
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998
Available at 23 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The analysis of the relationship between transport and environmental policy invites an interdisciplinary treatment and a variety of approaches, and rightly so. An important subset of the approaches used involves economic analysis. Economic approaches often consider pricing policies, attempting to evaluate their effectiveness in comparison with more traditional measures such as `command and control' regulation and directed technological innovation. Another important subset of approaches involves simulation modelling, where key relationships are presented mathematically so that their influence can be quantified and their interrelationships discerned precisely. This book treats the intersection of these two subsets: simulation models with a strong economic content. This intersection defines a broad but powerful way to study environment and transport. Its breadth is illustrated by the wide range of policies treated here, from carbon taxes to speed limits. Its power derives from the way insights into interrelated actions and the role of markets - the strong points of economic theory - are cast into a form suitable for making quantitative predictions about the results of policies.
Case studies are used to show how simulation models can be designed and used to quantify the effectiveness of economic policies in terms of transport systems management and environmental protection, the emphasis being on the role of the markets in tracing the many effects that policies have, both anticipated and otherwise.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Modelling Environment and Transport
- R. Roson, K. Small. Optimal Pricing and Regulation of Transport Externalities: A Welfare Comparison of Some Policy Alternatives
- B. De Borger, D. Swysen. Revealed Preferences, Externalities and Optimal Pricing for Urban Transportation
- R. Roson. Environmental Effects and Scale Economies in Transport Modelling: Some Results for the UK
- J. Peirson, R. Vickerman. Carbon Emissions and the Economic Costs of Transport Policy in Sweden
- G. Harrison, B. Kristroem. Evaluating External Costs and Benefits Resulting from a Cleaner Environment in a Stylised CGE Model
- G. Pireddu. Economic Incentive Policies Under Uncertainty: The Case of Vehicle Emission Fees
- W. Harrington, et al. Forecasting the Environmental Effects of Road Pricing in London
- J. Bates. Optimal Speed Limits for Various Types of Roads: a Social Cost-Benefit Analysis for the Netherlands
- P. Rietveld, et al.
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