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PrintBrueckner to discuss transportation, future of travel
| Event: | UC Irvine economics professor Jan Brueckner will discuss “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” as part of the 2008-09 Social Science Dinner Club series. Brueckner will talk about the future of passenger transportation in light of rising fuel prices and the airline industry upheaval. |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 17, 2009 |
| Time: | 6 p.m. |
| Location: | University Club (bldg. 801, grid H7 on campus map) |
| Supplemental Information: | Free for the media, but $40 for members of the public. Admittance includes dinner. Reservations are requested at 949-824-1659 or kmcdonal@uci.edu. Media planning to attend should contact Laura Rico at 949-824-9055 or lrico@uci.edu. Parking is free in the University Club lot. |
| Background: | The passenger transportation industry is in flux because of rising fuel prices and economic uncertainty. Consumers are struggling with extra airline fees and longer work commutes. Brueckner’s lecture will address these issues and other timely transportation topics. Brueckner earned his doctorate at Stanford University. His research interests include urban economics, public economics, industrial organization and housing finance. He is a member of UCI’s Institute of Transportation Studies and the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Economics. Brueckner served as the editor of the Journal of Urban Economics from 1991 to 2007. |
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