Transportation Economics is aimed at
advanced undergraduate and graduate civil engineering, planning, business,
and economics students, though the material may provide a useful review for
practitioners. Topics covered includes: Demand Curve, Demand and Budgets in
Transportation, The Shape of Demand, Supply and Demand Equilibrium,
Equilibrium in a Negative Feedback System, Disequilibrium, Agents,
Ownership, Regulation, Productivity, Revenue, Pricing, Supply chains,
Production and cost, Negative externalities, Positive externalities.
The objective of
this book to familiarize the students with the basic concepts of economics
such as Demand, Supply, Goods, Utility and enable the students to understand
basic theories, Principles and laws relating to Consumption, Production and
Distribution.
This note describes the following topics: Economic Motives, Wealth
And Welfare, The Nature Of Demand, Exchange In A Market, Psychic Income, The
Law Of Diminishing Returns, The Theory Of Rent, Repair, Depreciation, And
Destruction Of Wealth, Capitalization And Time-value, The Money Economy And
The Concept Of Capital, Interest On Money Loans, The Value Of Human
Services.