Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Paris, France

19th -20th June 2008

Contact:Aissata Maiga

E-mail:aissata.maiga@u-cergy.fr

This two-day conference (merging "Banff III" and "10th Journee Transport") will focus on the relationship between pricing of transportation infrastructure and investments. It will consider institutional mechanisms such as earmarking of revenues, transportation funds, Public Private Partnerships, and intergovernmental relationships that facilitate (or potentially impede) efficient pricing and investment decisions for transportation infrastructure.

The conference is targeted at academics, researchers, industry practitioners and policymakers. Theoretical, empirical/case-study and policy-oriented contributions are all welcome. Abstracts of up to 300 words are due by Tuesday, January 15, 2008.

Conference Topics:

• Cost benefit analysis
• Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)
• Economic geography and regional development
• Transport and investment in developing countries
• Transport and sustainable development
• Urban sprawl
• Alternative approaches to financing
• Public institutional mechanisms for facilitating transportation infrastructure funding such as earmarking of revenues and transportation funds
• Positive analysis of federal transport funds such as the European Trans European Network (TEN), the US Highway Trust Fund and the Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund
• Comparison of experience and best practices in Europe, the US, Canada and elsewhere

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Posted by dcjaya at June 20, 2008 2:13 AM