Economia e Financiamento de Sistemas de Transporte

Objectives

Understand the factors underlying the economics of moving people and goods, price mechanisms, economic and financial performance of transport systems and sources of financing and funding.

Syllabus

1. Basic concepts of microeconomics, macroeconomics and transport markets 2. Transport demand: consumer theories, elasticities; market segmentation 3. Transport supply: costs and production function. Network industries and its economic characteristics 4. Market structure and economic regulation for infrastructure and services 5. Pricing strategies 6. Economics of logistics 7. Socio economic impacts of transport. 8. Transport externalities 9. Investment decisions and analysis of associated benefits 10. Funding and financing mechanisms 11. TRansport and economic development 12. Economic Regulation of transport

Prerequisites

The students should have basic knowledge on microeconomics

Cross Competence Component

The UC allows the development of soft skills in Critical Thinking, namely strategic thinking and problem-solving approaches, during the project development; and Interpersonal and intrapersonal skills (oral, organizational and team work, self-discipline, perseverance, self-motivation) also during the project development. The assessment percentage associated with these competences should be around 40%.