Aims and Effects of Public Financial Support for Passenger Transport [electronic resource]: Report of the Sixty-Seventh Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 10-11 May 1984 /
European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
Round Table on Transport Economics(67th :1984 :Paris, France)
European Conference on Ministers of Transport Economic Research Centre.Content Provider
Round Table on Transport Economics
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1984.
This Round Table examines the aims and effects of public subsidies for passenger transport.
INTRODUCTORY REPORT -- Aims and Effect of Public Financial Support for Passenger Transport by K. M. Gwilliam, United Kingdom -- -1. Market failures, subsidy and welfare maximisation  -- 2. Monopoly, regulation and cross-subsidy  -- 3. Externalities and transport subsidies as a second best -- 4. Economies of scale -- 5. Imperfect information  -- 6. Public goods: Option values -- 7. Efficiency effects of subsidy -- 8. Subsidies and redistribution  -- 9. Subsidy and management objectives -- 10. Warranges for subsidy -- 11. Conclusions and recommendations -- Bibliography -- SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
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This Round Table examines the aims and effects of public subsidies for passenger transport.
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