Assessing the Benefits of Transport

This book discusses the full economic benefits - and costs - of transport infrastructure and explores ways to make good estimates of the full impact of planned investments on regional and national economies. It argues for proper account to be taken of all relevant economic weaknesses -- those the pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
Corporate Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD Publishing 2001.
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Table of Contents:
  • ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""1.1 BACKGROUND""; ""1.2 AIMS AND DELIMITATION""; ""2. THE MAIN BENEFITS OF TRANSPORT""; ""2.1 ACCESSIBILITY""; ""2.2 BENEFITS DUE TO INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY""; ""2.3 BENEFITS IN TERMS OF COST SAVINGS""; ""3. DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO MEASURING ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF TRANSPORT""; ""3.1 ECONOMIC OR OTHER TYPES OF ANALYSES""; ""3.2 THE MACROECONOMIC APPROACH""; ""3.3 THE MICROECONOMIC APPROACH - COST-BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS""; ""3.4 THE MACROECONOMIC OR THE MICROECONOMIC APPROACH?""
  • ""3.5 HOW CAN THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES BE IMPROVED / WIDENED?""""4. SOCIO-ECONOMIC COST-BENEFIT ASSESSMENT""; ""4.1 WHICH BENEFITS AND COSTS SHOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN CBA?""; ""4.2 GENERAL EVALUATION METHOD""; ""4.3 TIME SAVING""; ""4.4 SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS""; ""5. ADDING EFFECTS TO CBA - MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSES""; ""5.1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CBA AND MCA - CAN THEY BE COMBINED?""; ""5.2 A NEW DEAL FOR TRUNK ROADS IN ENGLAND - ASSESSMENT PRINCIPLES""; ""6. HOW LARGE A PART OF THE EXTERNAL BENEFITS IS CAPTURED BY CBA?""; ""6.1. EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL BENEFITS""
  • ""6.2 TECHNOLOGICAL EXTERNAL BENEFITS AND CBA""""6.3 PECUNIARY EXTERNAL BENEFITS AND CBA""; ""7. THEORETICAL TREATMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRANSPORT AND THE ECONOMY""; ""7.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""7.2 PERFECT COMPETITION""; ""7.3 IMPERFECT COMPETITION""; ""7.4 IMPLICATIONS OF THE THEORETICAL APPROACH""; ""7.5 PRACTICAL APPLICATION AND RESEARCH ""; ""8. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""8.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""8.2 EVIDENCE""; ""8.3 IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE""; ""APPENDIX""; ""Annex 1. MEANS AND ENDS: COST BENEFIT ASSESSMENT AND WELFARE MAXIMISING INVESTMENT""
  • ""Annex 2. ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF EUROPEAN TRANSPORT PROJECTS:THE STATE OF THE ART REVISITED""""Annex 3. TRANSPORT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH""; ""Annex 4. SIZE, SPRAWL, SPEED AND THE EFFICIENCY OF CITIES""; ""Annex 5. EXTERNAL COSTS AND EXTERNAL BENEFITS""; ""Annex 6. THE NEW GUIDE TO ASSESS ROAD INVESTMENT PROJECTS""