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  • The Economics and Political Economy of Transportation Security

    by Kenneth Button ...
    Series series Transport Economics, Management and Policy series
    In this clear and observant book, Kenneth Button provides an overview of the economics and political economy of transport security, considering its policy from an economic perspective. His analysis applies micro-economic theory to transport issues, supporting and enhancing the larger framework of our knowledge about personal, industrial, and national security.Button's focus on the economic aspects ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Value of Applied Economics

    The Life and Work of Arthur (A.J.) Brown

    by Kenneth Button ...
    This biography of the applied English economist Arthur (A.J.) Brown, an English economist from the late 1930s to the 1980s, sets his work in the context of the Great Depression, the emergence of Oxford University as centre of applied economic research, the contraction of British colonialism in Africa, the enlarging of the UK university system, the post-war arms race, the UK joining the Common ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Wings Across Europe

    Towards an Efficient European Air Transport System

    by Kenneth Button ...
    Airlines, like most industries, contain a mixture of good and badly managed companies (and perhaps more important, lucky and unlucky companies). More important in the longer-run is the institutional structure in which the companies offer their services. Air transport is a major industry in its own right. But it is also the fastest growing mode of transport for both passengers and freight, a large ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Transport Policy and the Environment

    Six case studies

    by Kenneth Button ...
    Series series Energy and Infrastructure Set
    Transport, in particular the motor vehicle, is a major source of environmental disruption and, in the developed world, accounts for thirty percent of energy consumption. In most countries, transport policy is a major government concern, yet it is rare for decisions to be made outside a narrow set of sectoral considerations.This book, commissioned by the OECD, looks at seven countries; the UK, the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Economics and Political Economy of African Air Transport

    Edited by Kenneth Button, Gianmaria Martini, Davide Scotti ...
    Africa is the smallest of the ‘regional’ aviation markets but one that Boeing and others expect to expand over the medium term. Developments on the continent that require the creation of robust and efficient air transport include growth in tourism, the export of ‘exotics’, and the emergence of modern manufacturing and high-tech industries. Africa’s regional aviation markets generally lack good ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Airline Deregulation

    International Experiences

    Edited by Kenneth Button ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Transport Economics
    The end of the twentieth century saw remarkable changes in the way that economic regulation was viewed. There occurred a liberalization of attitude and something of a withdrawal of the state from its interventionist role. These changes were particularly pronounced in the context of transport, where the long-standing tradition had been one of market intervention by the government. The aim of this ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Defining Aerospace Policy

    Essays in Honor of Francis T. Hoban

    by Julianne Lammersen-Baum ...
    Featuring contributions from many of the most prominent contemporary figures in the US aerospace community, this book provides unprecedented insights into the ways in which aerospace policy is developed and implemented. Based on a wide range of real-life case studies and the personal experiences of those directly involved, its coverage includes some of the most influential and wide-ranging ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Airlines and Developing Countries

    Edited by Kenneth Button ...
    Series Book 10 - Advances in Airline Economics
    Given the potential size of some of the markets involved and the comparative advantages in serving them, it is surprising to see a relative sparsity of airline activity in developing countries. Lack of suitable data, limited interest, and the comparatively small scale of aviation markets in many of these countries provide some of the explanations for this relative neglect.Airlines and Developing ... Read more

    $121.39 USD

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  • Vietnam Business Guide

    Getting Started in Tomorrow's Market Today

    by Kimberly Vierra, Brian Vierra ...
    Vietnam Business GuideGETTING STARTED IN TOMORROW'S MARKET TODAYKimberly and Brian Vierra have written the most useful guide I have seen for foreigners who want to do business in Vietnam. I've spent years in the country, but I learned a lot from this book. It's full of practical information about unique aspects of Vietnam's business culture; registration, legal and tax issues; working with local ... Read more

    $28.00 USD

  • Aviation and Tourism

    Implications for Leisure Travel

    Edited by Anne Graham, Andreas Papatheodorou, Peter Forsyth ...
    Transport is an essential element of tourism, providing the vital link between the tourist generating areas and destinations. Good accessibility, which is determined by the transport services provided, is a fundamental condition for the development of any tourist destination. Moreover the transport industry can be a major beneficiary of tourism because of the additional passenger demand that may ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Competitive Interaction between Airports, Airlines and High-Speed Rail

    by Collective ...
    How should airports be regulated to contain market power? This round table proceedings first examines whether they need to be regulated at all. It concludes that because regulation is inevitably imperfect and costly, policy makers should establish conditions for competition to emerge between airports in preference to comprehensive regulation, whenever possible.Economic regulation is sometimes ... Read more

    $38.99 USD