Forecasting the demand for privatized transport
Subtitle: what economic regulators should know and why
By: Lourdes Trujillo, Emile Quinet, Antonio Estache.
Contributors: Quinet, Emile.; Estache, Antonio.; World Bank Institute. Governance, Regulation, and Finance Division.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2446; Policy research working papers (Online) ;; 2446.
Publisher: World Bank, World Bank Institute, Governance, Regulation, and Finance Division
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Transportation -- Forecasting.; Supply and demand -- Forecasting.; Privatization -- Forecasting.
Description: This overview of issues that regulators should be aware of in demand forecasting discusses challenges that come with the decision to privatize transport, the perverse incentives introduced when privatization teams use strategic demand forecasts to evaluate assets, the most cpmmon problems with demand forecasting, the reasons that demand forecasting matters, and how to think about demand forecasting in the context of regulation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-26).
Title from title screen as viewed on Oct. 09, 2002.
"September 2000"--Cover.
Also available in print.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.