The system of transport costs and prices

Abstract

The cost access to pricing comes out from the idea that the price should cover the costs on realization and sales of transport service and consequently enable the carrier to get the adequate profit. It comes from the principle of social justice or maximization of private or social welfare. The economic of the welfare looks at the pricing at a wider view: price is a method of distribution of resources which maximizes the social welfare rather then the carriers welfare. In some cases, when the service is provided by a public transport company, the social welfare may be equal to the minimization of the carriers welfare. The pricing of transport service is one of very important planned decisions which influence the profit and the prosperity of transport company. It is complicated and complex problem because the price fixation is not only the question of cost calculation (and relevant surcharge calculation) but also the question of demand and competitors price.