A quantitatively and qualitatively efficient transport infrastructure is a fundamental requirement for the success and prosperity of the German economy, with its high degree of labor division, its many exchange relationships, and its central European location. The transport infrastructure...

In a circular city model, I consider network design and pricing decisions for asingle fast transport connection that faces competition from a slower but betteraccessible transport mode. To access the fast transport network individuals haveto make complementary trips by slow mode. This fact has...

Rail cost function analysis has been a popular topic in the (empirical) economics literature over the past decades. Most studies find increasing returns to density for rail companies. The results can, however, be quite diverse. Results for the Dutch National Railway company (NS), for instance,...

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has become an established approach for analyzing and comparing efficiency results of corporate organizations or economic agents. It has also found wide application in comparative studies on airport efficiency. The standard DEA approach to comparative airport...

This paper addresses the timing of a location's historical transition from rural to urban activity. We test whether urbanization occurs sooner in places with higher agricultural potential and comparatively lower transport costs, using worldwide data that divide the earth's surface at half-degree...

Der Beitrag widmet sich der Abgrenzung zentralörtlicher Standortcluster unterhalb der Gemeindeebene unter Anwendung des Kerndichteansatzes. Damit wird ein Verfahren vorgeschlagen, mit dem sich das neue Instrument der zASB sachgerecht umsetzen lässt. Anhand des Untersuchungsraumes der...

Carsharing-Systeme erfuhren vor allem in den letzten fünf bis zehn Jahren starken Kundenzuwachs. Dies liegt vor allem an den neuen Free-Floating-Systemen ohne Stationsbindung. In diesem Artikel wird zunächst ein Einblick in die Entwicklung des Carsharing gegeben. Unterschiede in der zeitlichen...