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Standard transport appraisal methods / edited by Niek Mouter

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Cambridge, MA : Academic Press, 2020.
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Mouter, Niek
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Intro -- Standard Transport Appraisal Methods -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Overview of the book chapters -- References -- Chapter One: Cost-benefit analysis -- 1. The CBA method -- 1.1. History of CBA -- 1.2. Welfare -- 1.3. Pareto improvements and the Hicks-Kaldor criterion -- 1.4. Total net willingness to pay -- 1.5. CBA versus other methods -- 2. State-of-the-art of the method -- 2.1. Costs -- 2.2. Risk and uncertainty -- 2.3. Valuation methods -- 2.4. Discussions on contingent valuation -- 2.5. Discounting -- 2.6. Wider economics benefits, 2.7. Critiques on CBA -- 3. Application of CBA in practice -- 3.1. Formal role of CBA -- 3.2. Impact of CBA on decision making -- 3.3. Opportunistic and symbolic use -- 3.4. Barriers hampering the impact of CBA on political viewpoints -- 3.5. What explains the positive attitude of politicians toward CBA? -- 4. Future research challenges -- 4.1. What does CBA actually measure? -- 4.2. Improving the accuracy of estimations -- 4.3. Risk and uncertainty -- 4.4. Discount rate -- 4.5. Wider economic benefits -- 4.6. Improving the use of CBA in policy making, 4.7. Further developing well-being research -- 4.8. Incorporating CBA in broader assessment frameworks -- References -- Chapter Two: Value of travel time and travel time reliability -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. What is the value of travel time and what is it used for in practice? -- 1.2. What is the value of travel time reliability? -- 1.3. Theoretical foundations of the VTT -- 1.4. Existing reviews -- 1.5. Short history -- 1.6. Overview of the chapter -- 2. Methods used to determine the VTT (P-side) -- 2.1. Cost savings vs SP and RP models, 2.2. SP experiments with reference-based choice situations -- 2.3. Model specification -- 2.4. The national VTT studies in Europe -- 2.5. Three methods for the business VTT -- 2.6. Determination of representative values for use in CBA -- 2.7. Determination of VTT in freight transport -- 3. Methods used to determine the VTTR (P-side) -- 3.1. Mean-dispersion models -- 3.2. Scheduling models -- 3.3. Presentation of reliability in SP -- 4. Selected outcomes for VTT and VTTR -- 5. Methods used to forecast travel time gains and reliability gains (Q-side) -- 6. Future research challenges -- References, and Chapter Three: The value of a statistical life -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background and theory -- 2.1. Monetizing preferences -- 2.2. One-period model -- 2.2.1. The wealth and the dead-anyway effect -- 2.2.2. Other selected predictions -- 2.3. Multiperiod model -- 3. Empirical methods -- 3.1. Revealed-preference methods -- 3.1.1. Hedonic prices -- 3.2. Stated-preference methods -- 3.2.1. The contingent valuation method -- 3.2.2. Discrete choice experiments -- 3.3. VSL and transportation-Empirical findings -- 4. Discussion -- References -- Chapter Four: Transport models -- 1. Introduction
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9780128208229 electronic book
0128208228 electronic book
9780128208212 print
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