※本年度(2015年度)の講義は日本語で行います.資料は全て英語です.
第一回講義は11月12日です.
All lectures will be taught in Japanese in this semester 2015
The first lecture will be held on November 12th.
-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
-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
8. Final Examination
-Varian, H.R. “Microeconomic Analysis,” Norton, 1992.
-McCarthy, P. “Transportation Economics,” Blackwell, 2001.
-Small, K. and Verhoef, E. “The Economics of Urban Transportation,” Routledge, 2007.
-Jara-Diaz, S. “Transport Economic Theory,” Elsevier, 2007.
-Brueckner, J. “Lectures on Urban Economics,” The MIT Press, 2011.
and some relevant research papers.
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.
Assignments (40%), Final Exam or Presentation (60%)
Email: fukuda[at mark]plan.cv.titech.ac.jp