nep-tre New Economics Papers
on Transport Economics
Issue of 2014‒10‒13
twelve papers chosen by
Erik Teodoor Verhoef
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  1. New Road Transport Infrastructure and Sectoral Regional Growth: A SCGE Analysis for the A4 Extension to the Austrian-Hungarian Border By Alfried BRAUMANN; Christoph SCHMID
  2. The Network Effects of Air-Travel Demand By Yanhao Wei
  3. The Impact of Integrated Tariff Systems on Public Transport Demand: Evidence from Italy By Graziano Abrate; Massimiliano Piacenza; Davide Vannoni
  4. Integrated Space-transport Modelling for a Strategic Analysis of Congestion in a Strongly Developing Region By Ismira ANINDIA; Robert J. VERHAEGHE; Barry ZONDAG
  5. Efficiency of Infrastructure: the Case of Container Ports By Santiago Herrera; Gaobo Pang
  6. A General Equilibrium Model of the Impact of Impedance Factor in Transport on Interregional Flows in the Philippines By Cristela Dakila; Shoshi Mizokami
  7. Partial Utility of the Biofuels Use in the Public Transport By Luca Rigamonti; Pirani Alberto; Anna Gaviglio; Rigamonti Luca; Martina Licitra Pedol
  8. Quantification of Scenarios for Long-Term Economic and Transport Trends with ASTRA By Michael KRAIL; Wolfgang SCHADE
  9. Decomposition Analysis of CO2 Emissions from Passenger Cars: The cases of Greece and Denmark By Katerina PAPAGIANNAKI; Danae DIAKOULAKI
  10. Willingness to Pay for Airline Services Attributes: Microeconometric Evidence from a Stated Preference Discrete Choice Model By António Menezes; José Vieira
  11. Infrastructure investments in the main emerging countries By Luca Antonelli; Lorenzo Bencivelli; Annalisa Bucalossi; Luigi Concistrè; Raffaele De Marchi; Giorgio Merlonghi; Valeria Rolli; Giorgio Trebeschi
  12. The Impact of Demographic Change on Infrastructure Use: An Input-Output Approach By Tobias KRONENBERG

  1. By: Alfried BRAUMANN; Christoph SCHMID
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ekd:002841:284100010&r=tre
  2. By: Yanhao Wei (Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania)
    Abstract: As demand increases, airline carriers often increase flight frequencies to meet the larger flow of passengers in their networks, which reduces passengers' schedule delays and attracts more demand. Motivated by this, I study a structural model of the U.S. airline industry accounting for possible network effects of demand compared with previous studies, the model implies higher cost estimates, which seem more consistent with the unprofitability of the industry; below-marginal-cost pricing becomes possible and appears on many routes. I also study airline mergers and find that the network effects can be the main factor underlying their profitability.
    Keywords: Airlines, Network Effects, Flight Frequency, Merger, Networks
    JEL: L13 L93 D62 C31
    Date: 2014–09–21
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pen:papers:14-027&r=tre
  3. By: Graziano Abrate; Massimiliano Piacenza; Davide Vannoni
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ekd:000240:24000000&r=tre
  4. By: Ismira ANINDIA; Robert J. VERHAEGHE; Barry ZONDAG
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ekd:002841:284100001&r=tre
  5. By: Santiago Herrera; Gaobo Pang
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ekd:002721:272100039&r=tre
  6. By: Cristela Dakila; Shoshi Mizokami
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ekd:002721:272100015&r=tre
  7. By: Luca Rigamonti; Pirani Alberto; Anna Gaviglio; Rigamonti Luca; Martina Licitra Pedol
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ekd:000240:24000053&r=tre
  8. By: Michael KRAIL; Wolfgang SCHADE
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ekd:003306:330600083&r=tre
  9. By: Katerina PAPAGIANNAKI; Danae DIAKOULAKI
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ekd:000238:23800102&r=tre
  10. By: António Menezes; José Vieira
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ekd:002721:272100063&r=tre
  11. By: Luca Antonelli (Banca d'Italia); Lorenzo Bencivelli (Banca d'Italia); Annalisa Bucalossi (Banca d'Italia); Luigi Concistrè (Banca d'Italia); Raffaele De Marchi (Banca d'Italia); Giorgio Merlonghi (Banca d'Italia); Valeria Rolli (Banca d'Italia); Giorgio Trebeschi (Banca d'Italia)
    Abstract: This paper surveys the current conditions and prospects for the infrastructure sector in seven large emerging countries - Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia and Turkey - assessing the adequacy of their current infrastructural endowment and illustrating the latest government investment plans. It also discusses the extent of private sector involvement and the main obstacles to the realization of the planned investments, including those related to the limited availability and high costs of financing. The seven countries cited in the research, which all have large domestic markets (either effective or potential) coupled with substantial requirements for new investment in public infrastructure, are of undoubted strategic importance for Italian firms operating in the infrastructure sector and planning international expansion.
    Keywords: economic development, infrastructure investments
    JEL: O12 O16
    Date: 2014–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:bdi:opques:qef_224_14&r=tre
  12. By: Tobias KRONENBERG
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ekd:000238:23800070&r=tre

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