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Transport Economics, 6 credits
Transportekonomi, 6 hp
TNK113
Main field of study
Logistics Transportation Systems EngineeringCourse level
First cycleCourse type
Programme courseExaminer
Pernilla IvehammarDirector of studies or equivalent
Erik BergfeldtEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 46 hRecommended self-study hours: 114 h
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
| Course offered for | Semester | Period | Timetable module | Language | Campus | ECV | |
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| 6CKTS | Communications, Transport and Infrastructure, M Sc in Engineering | 3 (Autumn 2017) | 2 | 1 | Swedish | Norrköping, Norrköping | C |
Main field of study
Logistics, Transportation Systems EngineeringCourse level
First cycleAdvancement level
G2XCourse offered for
- Communications, Transport and Infrastructure, M Sc in Engineering
Entry requirements
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Prerequisites
Industrial Economics, Transportation Systems
Intended learning outcomes
The overall aim of the course is to provide knowledge of how transport costs and other economic factors affect the transport system and how the transport system affects the rest of society.
After the course the student should be able to:
- Account for the fundamentals of microeconomics, including the market structures competitive market and monopoly, as well as the basics of welfare theory.
- Account for the role of transport costs in the design of optimal transport systems
- Account for the principles of optimal pricing and its application to different modes of transport.
- Account for the principles of welfare maximizing investment appraisal and be able to apply them in practical cost-benefit analysis of changes in the transport system.
- Account for the effects of the design of the transport system on the location of economic activities.
Course content
The course will discuss some of the main areas of interest in the field of transport economics including:
- Fundamentals of microeconomics and welfare theory.
- The analysis of transport costs.
- Optimal transport prizing.
- Investment appraisal and project evaluation.
- Transport planning and regulation.
- Transport and economic development.
Teaching and working methods
Lectures and group discussions.
Examination
| UPG1 | Hand-in assignments | 2 credits | U, G |
| TEN1 | Written examination | 4 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Grades
Four-grade scale, LiU, U, 3, 4, 5Department
Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskapDirector of Studies or equivalent
Erik BergfeldtExaminer
Pernilla IvehammarEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 46 hRecommended self-study hours: 114 h
Course literature
Additional literature
Books
- Prentice, Barry E., Prokop, Darren, (2016) Concepts of transportation economics
ISBN: 9789814656160, 981465616X
Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2016]
| Code | Name | Scope | Grading scale |
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| UPG1 | Hand-in assignments | 2 credits | U, G |
| TEN1 | Written examination | 4 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)
The university is a government agency whose operations are regulated by legislation and ordinances, which include the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. In addition to legislation and ordinances, operations are subject to several policy documents. The Linköping University rule book collects currently valid decisions of a regulatory nature taken by the university board, the vice-chancellor and faculty/department boards.
LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva.
Course literature is preliminary.
Additional literature
Books
Prentice, Barry E., Prokop, Darren, (2016) Concepts of transportation economics
ISBN: 9789814656160, 981465616X
Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2016]
Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.
I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
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| 5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS | ||||||
| 5.1 Societal conditions, including economic, social, and ecological aspects of sustainable development for knowledge development |
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| 5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects |
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