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TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
AVM207 TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS 3 3 3 6

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT (On successful completion of this course unit, students/learners will or will be able to)

Identify basic concepts on transportation economics and interpret transportation economics by using methods and tools of economics.
Apply microeconomic principles such as demand, supply, price and income elasticities, market equilibrium and congestion effects to analyze transportation markets and issues.
Evaluate the theoretical problems related to transportation or current issues using welfare economics, benefit cost analysis and similar approaches.
Capacity to analyze and compare policy measures using cost-benefit evaluation tools.
Explain market failures in transportation, including externalities, public and demerit goods, inequality and asymmetric information, and evaluate government interventions such as regulation, privatization, deregulation and congestion policies.
Compare market structures in transportation (monopoly, monopolistic competition and oligopoly) and evaluate their effects on prices, output and welfare, with reference to cargo and passenger transport and airports.