Economics of Marine Transportation Industries
As taught in: Fall 2006
Container ships docked in the Port of Felixstowe (UK). (Photo by Jeremy Quinn on Flickr.)
Instructors:
Dr. Hauke Kite-Powell
MIT Course Number:
2.964
Level:
Course Features
Course Description
This half-semester course studies the economics of the principal markets related to marine transportation, environment, and natural resources. Topics include structures of the markets and industries involved; competition; impacts of policies and regulations. The course analyzes the relationship among industries, markets, technologies, and national policies, and introduces the concepts of national income accounts, sustainability, and intergenerational equity and their relationship to current economic practice.


