ECMT Round Tables Transport Services The Limits of (De)regulation


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The ECMT Round Table examines the effects and limitations of regulating transport services and examines in particular the factors that necessitate regulation, the role of transaction costs, and the cost of regulation.




ECMT Annual Report 2004


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This brochure describes the activities of the ECMT during 2004. It also sets out the main documents approved by Ministers in Ljubljana and presents: the major events of the year, the latest trends in transport, the activities of the ECMT Working ...




ECMT Round Tables Transport and International Trade


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This Round Table presents three papers focusing on the evolution of international transport costs over the past decades and the benefits expected from investment in transport facilities and the reduction of the costs of crossing borders.




ECMT Round Tables (De)Regulation of the Taxi Industry


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This Round Table examines the basic case for liberalisation of the taxi industry, and reviews experiences with taxi (de-)regulation in OECD and ECMT member countries.




ECMT Round Tables Transport Infrastructure Investment and Economic Productivity


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This Round Table addresses the macroeconomic effects of transport infrastructure policies, and aimed at identifying tools that could determine the overall volume of public expenditure for transport infrastructure investment. It also identifies methods for assessing macroeconomic impact.




ECMT Round Tables Transport and Decentralisation


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Examines the circumstances under which decentralisation has brought economic and other benefits in the transport sector.




ECMT Round Tables Transport, Urban Form and Economic Growth


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The Round Table examines the costs and benefits of sprawl, shedding light on the linkages between urban form and economic growth, and explored the tradeoffs involved in trying to contain sprawl.




ECMT Round Tables Time and Transport


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This Round Table revisits the extended literature on the valuation of passenger time and discusses the under-researched topic of the value of time in freight transport.




ECMT Round Tables National Systems of Transport Infrastructure Planning


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The Round Table discusses changes in national systems of transport infrastructure planning and the lessons for the further improvement of planning processes.