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Governing Metropolitan Transport

Institutional Solutions for Policy Problems

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Simone Busetti

    1. DIG - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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  • Investigates the link between institutions and public policies with specific reference to transport
  • Identifies key traps for institutional designers
  • Presents two in-depth case studies on the governance change in London and Barcelona
  • Useful to both advanced scholars in institutions and practitioners of institutional design
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)

Part of the book sub series: PoliMI SpringerBriefs (BRIEFSPOLIMI)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Policy Case for Metropolitan Transport Authorities

    • Simone Busetti
    Pages 1-28

  3. Institutions, Institutional Change and Policy Outcomes

    • Simone Busetti
    Pages 29-51

  4. The New Governance of Transport in London

    • Simone Busetti
    Pages 53-84

  5. The Metropolitan Transport Authority of Barcelona (ATM)

    • Simone Busetti
    Pages 85-106

  6. Lessons for Institutional Designers

    • Simone Busetti
    Pages 107-114

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 115-119
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This book investigates the link between institutions and public policies with specific reference to transport. It opens by examining the main arguments for the establishment of metropolitan transport authorities. The potential impacts of institutional change on the policy efficiency of institutions are then examined. Key problems for institutional designers are identified, showing how they can hamper the achievement of desired policy outcomes through institutional solutions. Two in-depth case studies on institutional change in metropolitan transport (in London and Barcelona) are presented with a view to testing the aforementioned hypotheses and providing insights into the ways in which the two transport institutions were reformed. The concluding chapter identifies lessons for institutional designers and highlights the policy results that may be expected from the constitution of metropolitan transport authorities.

Authors and Affiliations

  • DIG - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Simone Busetti

About the author

Simone Busetti is a research fellow at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and teaches Public Policy Analysis at Organisation Sciences at the University of Milano-Bicocca.

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