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General information

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Jesus Ezequiel Martínez Marín

Trimester: First term

Credits: 6

Teaching staff: 

Valeria Bernardo

Teaching languages

  • English

Skills

Specific skills

  • Show knowledge and skills for the coordination of the departments of purchasing, supply, production and distribution of a product to any company, analyzing different types of techniques

  • Operationalize the storage of goods, through computer applications of logistics management

  • Show knowledge of the organization of maritime, land, air and multimodal transport, customs management and international trade in order to manage and / or contract transport

  • Show knowledge of the ship and its recruitment for use as a means of transport for both goods and people, in an environment of sustainability and respect for the environment

Description

The main objective in the learning of the subject is the acquisition by the student of the basic general knowledge that allow him to understand the structure, organization and operation of the transport system, in all the territorial fields.

 The classroom (physical or virtual) is a safe space, free of sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic and discriminatory attitudes, either towards students or teachers. We trust that together we can create a safe space where we can make mistakes and learn without having to suffer the prejudices of others.

Contents

SUBJECT 1. General concepts on transport, logistics and economy

Key elements of the transport economy

Communications and Technical Change

Economics of technological change in the supply chain

SUBJECT 2. The demand of transport

Individual vs. aggregate demand

Load vs passengers 

Urban and interurban demand

Elasticity of demand derived from transport

SUBJECT 3. The direct costs of the transport

Transport offer

Producer costs, fixed and variable

Cost ratio: joint, common and constant costs

User costs

SUBJECT 4. External costs of the transport

Negative externalities

Evaluation of externalities

SUBJECT 5. The price of the transport

Infrastructures and services

Average and marginal price

Price discrimination, price differentiation and yield management

The problem of peak periods

 SUBJECT 6. Investments of transport

The importance of transport infrastructure

Commercial and social approaches to investment

Cost and benefit analysis

CBA and network effects

 

SUBJECT 7. Transport and public policies

Transport and development - Positive externalities

Regulation and deregulation, privatization

Taxation and subsidies

Urban mobility

Public service obligations

Evaluation system

15% delivery of works, resolution of exercises.

10% case studies- news

20% delivery of final work and respective presentation

5% partial exam

50% final exam

The exam will contain theoretical and practical questions that can be in the format of open-ended questions, exercises to develop and multiple choice, etc. You will have to get a 5 out of 10 in the final exam to be able to average with the mark of the continuous assessment. In the resit exam you will only be able to take the final test that will calculate 50% of the final grade, as the mark of the continuous assessment will be kept (Job Submission, Partial Examination and Final Job Submission). Continuous assessment cannot be recovered.

REFERENCES

Basic

DE RUS, G, CAMPOS, J. AND NOMBELA, G. (2003): Transport Economics. Ed. Antoni Bosch editor; Barcelona.

 

Prentice, BE and Prokop, D. (2015). Concepts of transportation economics. World Scientific Publishing Co Inc.

Button, K. (2010). Transport economics. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Complementary

Olivieri, C., & Fageda, X. (2019). Determinants of urban mobility with a focus on gender: a multilevel analysis in the Metropolitan Area of ​​Montevideo, Uruguay. Working Paper / FCS-Decon; 04/19.

Bernardo, V., & Fageda, X. (2019). Globalization, long-haul flights and inter-city connections. Economics of Transportation, 19 (C), 1-1.

Martínez, S., Tapia, A., Bernardo, V., Ricart, JE, & Planas, MR (2019). The Economic Impact of Bike Sharing in European Cities.

Cramer, J., & Krueger, AB (2016). Disruptive change in the taxi business: The case of Uber. American Economic Review, 106 (5), 177-82.

Angrist, JD, Caldwell, S., & Hall, JV (2021). Uber versus taxi: A driver's eye view. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 13 (3), 272-308.

Duranton, G., Turner, MA, 2012. Urban growth and transportation. Review of Economic Studies, 79 (4), 1407-1440.

Fageda, X., & Flores-Fillol, R. (2018). Traffic jams and pollution in large cities: Analysis and solutions (No. 2018-04). Faith.

De Rus, G., & Nombela, G. (2007). Is investment in high speed rail socially profitable ?. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy (JTEP), 41 (1), 3-23.

Agrawal, A., Galasso, A., Oettl, A. (2017). Roads and Innovation, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 99, 417-434.

Blonigen, BA, Cristea, A. (2015). Air Services and Urban Growth: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Policy Experiment. Journal of Urban Economics 86, 128-146.