'As the nations of the world struggle to negotiate an effective post-Kyoto international climate agreement, there is no area of economic scholarship that has more to offer than game theory. Michael Finus and Alejandro Caparrós, themselve...
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'As the nations of the world struggle to negotiate an effective post-Kyoto international climate agreement, there is no area of economic scholarship that has more to offer than game theory. Michael Finus and Alejandro Caparrós, themselve...
International environmental threats have commanded widespread attention since the late 1960s. A number of unprecedented environmental disasters have galvanized public concern, and have reached the international political agenda in part t...
‘It provides the reader with an excellent overview.’
– Mike Heslop, The Journal of Energy Literature The past decade has seen both some new trends in the economics of transportation and the reinforcement of work from previous periods. E...
Edited by Piet Rietveld, Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp
‘The latest volume in the Edward Elgar series on classic papers tackles urban transport analysis. 37 papers have been selected to cover some of the key economic aspects of demand, supply of public transport, external costs, policy (inclu...
Edited by Roger R. Stough, Yoshiro Higano, Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp
The subjects of transport and information systems have long been closely linked because they are both complements and substitutes for each other and thus offer potential for more efficient and productive traffic demand management. This i...
‘Carlo Carraro has assembled a splendid set of papers by leading economists that address a key issue of our era: global governance with particular attention to environmental concerns. The depth and coverage of this volume will make it an...
Edited by Alan McKinnon, Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp
Logistics is the management function responsible for the flow of materials through the supply chain. Freight transport typically accounts for a third of total logistics costs and is a major determinant of the quality of a distribution se...
Edited by Roger R. Stough, Roger Vickerman, Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp
Understanding the economics and the wider impact of transport infrastructure presents a major challenge to economists. The scale of investment, indivisibilities, the setting of appropriate charges and the rate of economic growth are prob...
Edited by Chris Nash, Mark Wardman, Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp
‘From Harold Hotelling to the present day, this volume gathers together some of the most important contributions by transport economists to advancing our understanding of how the railway industry works.’
– John Preston, University of Oxf...
Edited by Peter Forsyth, Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp
‘This volume of air transport economics classics is a superb resource for researchers, educators, policy planners and consultants covering the most important aspects of aviation economics - pricing, yield management, productivity and cos...
