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General information

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Maria Dolors Celma Benaiges

Trimester: First term

Credits: 6

Teaching staff: 

Valeria Bernardo

Academic year: 2025

Teaching course: 3

Languages ​​of instruction

  • English

Competencies / Learning Outcomes

Specific skills

  • Demostrar capacitat per comunicar de manera fluida en llengua espanyola, catalana i anglesa de forma oral i escrita en l'entorn de la logística i els negocis marítims

  • 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

  • Identify the basic economic concepts, as well as the microeconomic and macroeconomic functioning of the markets

  • Select and use quantitative instruments for decision making and contrasting economic hypotheses

Presentation of the subject

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

Transportation offer

Producer costs, fixed and variable

Cost relationship: joint, common and constant costs User costs

SUBJECT 4. External costs of the transport

Negative externalities

Evaluation of externalities

TOPIC 5. The price of 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-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

Activities and 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 may be in the format of open questions, exercises to be developed and multiple options, etc. A 5 out of 10 must be achieved in the final exam to be able to average with the continuous assessment grade. In the retake exam, only the final test can be taken, which will count for 50% of the final grade, since the continuous assessment grade (Project Submission, midterm exam and Final Project Submission) will be retained. The continuous assessment cannot be recovered.

Any form of academic fraud will be sanctioned in accordance with the center's assessment regulations. If signs of fraud are detected, including the improper use of generative artificial intelligence tools, the subject's teaching staff may call the student for an individual interview with the aim of verifying their authorship.

Bibliography

Basic

Button, K. (2010). Economic transport. Edward Elgar Publishing.

DE RUS, G, CAMPOS, J. AND NOMBELA, G. (2003): Economía del Transporte. Ed. Antoni Bosch editor; Barcelona

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