History of transport pricing
File(s)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Vickerman, Roger
Type
Chapter
Abstract
To understand why transport pricing is in any way different from pricing more generally in economics requires consideration of the specific characteristics of transport as a good or
service. Transport as an activity cannot be stored and is directly consumed as it is produced. Hence the price of a transport service has both a spatial and a temporal dimension; it
relates to the interaction of demand and supply at a specific location and at a specific point in time.
service. Transport as an activity cannot be stored and is directly consumed as it is produced. Hence the price of a transport service has both a spatial and a temporal dimension; it
relates to the interaction of demand and supply at a specific location and at a specific point in time.
Editor(s)
Tirachini, Alejandro
Date Issued
2023-05-23
Citation
Handbook on Transport Pricing and Financing, 2023, pp.9-23
ISBN
9781800375543
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Start Page
9
End Page
23
Journal / Book Title
Handbook on Transport Pricing and Financing
Copyright Statement
© Alejandro Tirachini, Daniel Hörcher and Erik T. Verhoef 2023. This is a AAM version of the chapter. The final version is available in Handbook on Transport Pricing and Financing edited by Tirachini, Alejandro; Horcher, Daniel; Verhoef, Erik T., published in 20xx, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781800375550.00007
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
1