Privatization began in the 1970s with Carter's deregulation of some business, and increased with the Thatcher administration in the United Kingdom, the Reagan administration in the United States, and many communist and socialist countries. One area of concern in privatization is transportation—airports, water ports, roads, and mass transit. Privatization can be implemented in financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of the transportation system, the main motives being the belief that the private sector can be more efficient than the public sector, and because public funds are becoming less plentiful for a variety of reasons. The focus is on ideas and innovations for expanding the private role in transportation. Specifically covered are ideas and innovations for expanding the role of private sector in U.S. transportation projects, private financing of urban transportation, airport privatization, water port improvement, toll roads, and competitive contracting for transit services.
The distinguished list of contributors includes the co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Economics, William Vickrey. The audience for the work are scholars dealing with the discussions concerning the economics and politics of privatization, business people who are likely to be interested in potential opportunities, governmental regulators and staff, and policy makers.
Edited by:
Simon Hakim,
etc.,
Paul Seidenstat (Associate Professor of Economics,
Temple University,
USA),
Gary W. Bowman (Associate Professor of Economics,
Temple University,
USA)
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 687g
ISBN: 9780275948078
ISBN 10: 0275948072
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 25 November 1996
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Overview Review and Analysis of Privatization Efforts in Transportation by Simon Hakim, Paul Seidenstat, and Gary Bowman Ideas and Innovations in Developing Transportation Projects: A Search for Alternative Mechanisms Involving the Private Sector by Yuval Cohen Developing Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure by William H. Payson and Steven A. Steckler Creating Financing Options for Urban Transporation Privatization by Duane Windsor Privatizing Airports and Ports The Conflict Between Government Owned and Privately Operated Airports by Robert L. Bogan The Benefits and Costs of Airport Privatization by Eleanor D. Craig Evaluating the Privatizing of a Small Airport by Jack M. Reilly Port Privatization: An Historical and Public Administration Prospective by Jean Grosdidier de Matons Strategies for Imporving Port System Performance: Worldwide Experience by Anatoly Hochstein Privatizing Roads The Effects of the Post Intermodial Surface Transportation Act of 1991 on Financing Toll Roads by Robert W. Poole, Jr. Selling the Roads by John Semmens Introducting Market Forces to the Use of Public Roads: A Stage Prior to Privatization by Gabriel Roth Privatization and Marketization of Transport by William Vickrey Lessons from Road Privatization Experience by Carl B. Williams Privatizing Mass Transit Applying Competitive Incentives to Public Transit by Wendell Cox and Jean Love The Competitive Contracting of Public Transit Services in San Diego by Elliot P. Hurwitz Privatizing the New York City Subway by Charles A.M. de Bartolome and James B. Ramsey Government Creation and the Privatization of an American Railroad by Eric W. Beshers and Paul Seidenstat
SIMON HAKIM in Professor of Economics, Temple University. Dr. Hakim has published over fifty scientific articles and edited five books including Privatizing Education and Educational Choice: Concepts, Plans, and Experiences (Praeger, 1994) with Seidenstat and Brown. PAUL SEIDENSTAT is Associate Professor of Economics, Temple University. Dr. Seidenstat has been principal investigator for projects for federal government agencies in areas of governmental finance and management and realted areas. GARY BOWMAN is Associate Professor of Economics, Temple University. Dr. Bowman has focused his research on applications of microeconomics in areas such as privatization, regulation, and antitrust.
