- Lecturer
- Fukuda Daisuke
- Place
- Thr7-8(M5莨夊ｭｰ螳､M5-MeetingRoom)
- Credits
- Lecture1 Exercise0 Experiment0
- Code
- 61066
- Syllabus updated
- 2014/10/1
- Lecture notes updated
- 2014/10/1
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- Semester
- Fall Semester
Outline of lecture
-Study the economic framework to analyze the supply and demand for transportation
-Study how principles of economics can be applied to evaluate the effects of transportation plans and/or policies
1. Introduction of Economic Theory for Transportation Studies
2. Transportation Demand: Case of Divisible Goods
3. Transportation Demand: Case of Discrete Goods
4. Firm Production and Cost in Transportation
5. Congestion Pricing: Theory and Practice
6. Emergence of Cities and Agglomeration
7. Land Use Pattern in a City: Urban Spatial Structure
Purpose of lecture
-Study the economic framework to analyze the supply and demand for transportation
-Study how principles of economics can be applied to evaluate the effects of transportation plans and/or policies
Plan of lecture
1. Introduction of Economic Theory for Transportation Studies
2. Transportation Demand: Case of Divisible Goods
3. Transportation Demand: Case of Discrete Goods
4. Firm Production and Cost in Transportation
5. Congestion Pricing: Theory and Practice
6. Emergence of Cities and Agglomeration
7. Land Use Pattern in a City: Urban Spatial Structure
8. Final Examination
Textbook and reference
-Varian, H.R. 窶廴icroeconomic Analysis,窶 Norton, 1992.
-McCarthy, P. 窶弋ransportation Economics,窶 Blackwell, 2001.
-Small, K. and Verhoef, E. 窶弋he Economics of Urban Transportation,窶 Routledge, 2007.
-Jara-Diaz, S. 窶弋ransport Economic Theory,窶 Elsevier, 2007.
-Brueckner, J. 窶廰ectures on Urban Economics,窶 The MIT Press, 2011.
and some relevant research papers.
Related and/or prerequisite courses
Prior Recommendation:
-Some chapters in the above-mentioned books are recommended to be studies prior to each class (announced by email or by OCW). The lectures will be done based on this preparation.
-Several research papers related to each class topic will be circulated in advance and strongly recommended to be read prior to each class.
Evaluation
Assignments (40%), Final Exam (60%)
