Kenneth Button (economist)

Kenneth Button
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Born
Kenneth John Button
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia
University of Leeds
Loughborough University
Academic work
DisciplineTransport economics, applied economics
InstitutionsGeorge Mason University
Loughborough University

Kenneth John Button (born 14 November 1948) is an economist and academic whose work has focused on applied economics, and especially transport policy, economic regulation, regional development, and environmental policy. He is University Professor Emeritus at George Mason University, where he was University Professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government from 1997 to 2023.

Career

Button joined Loughborough University in 1971, serving in the Department of Economics as lecturer, senior lecturer and reader before becoming professor of applied economics and transport in 1989.[1] He later directed the Centre for Research in European Economics and Finance at Loughborough.[2]

Button held advisory roles with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, serving in the Environment Directorate in 1990 and later in the Secretary General's Advisory Unit from 1994 to 1996.[3] He was also special adviser to the House of Commons Transport Committee in 1994.[4]

In 1996, Button joined George Mason University, where he directed the Center for Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics from 1996 to 2009 and the Aerospace Policy Research Center from 2003 to 2009.[5] He was University Professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government from 1997 to 2023,[6] becoming University Professor Emeritus in 2023.[7]

Button has held academic positions as VSB Professor of Transport and the Environment at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and MBP Professor in Economics at the National University of Singapore, as well as visiting appointments at the University of British Columbia, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Bologna,[8] the University of Porto,[9] the European University Institute,[10] and the University of Bergamo.[11]

Editorial and advisory work

Button was associate editor of Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice from 1989 to 1997.[5] He was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Air Transport Management from 1997 to 2012[12] and the founding editor of Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment from 1996 to 2014.[13] He was also associate editor of Annals of Tourism Research from 2005 to 2013.

Button has provided written or oral evidence and testimony to legislative and public bodies in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. These include the House of Commons Transport Committee,[14] the House of Lords Select Committee on Sustainable Development,[15] the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,[16] the National Commission to Ensure Consumer Information and Choice in the Airline Industry,[17] and the United States House Committee on Small Business.[18][19]

Published works

He is an author of texts, journals, and conference papers in the transport policy and economics field, and he is particularly well known for his work on road user charging, aviation, and environmental analysis. He has published over 80 books and 400 academic papers.[20]

Honours

Button is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, the Academy of Social Sciences,[21] and the Royal Economic Society.[22] In 2005, he received the Distinguished Transportation Researcher Award from the Transportation Research Forum.[23] In 2011, he received the Distinguished Scholarship Award of the Transportation and Public Utilities Group of the American Economic Association. In 2014, he received the Herbert O. Whitten Service Award from the Transportation Research Forum.[24] In 2015, he was named a Fellow of the Air Transport Research Society.[25]

Selected books

  • Button, Kenneth (1977). The Economics of Urban Transport. Farnborough: Saxon House.[26]
  • Button, Kenneth; Pearman, A. D. (1981). The Economics of Urban Freight Transport. London: Macmillan.[27]
  • Button, Kenneth (1982). Transport Economics. London: Heinemann.
  • Button, Kenneth (1984). Road Haulage Licensing and EC Transport Policy. Aldershot: Gower Press.[28]
  • Button, Kenneth; Pearman, A. D. (1985). Applied Transport Economics: A Practical Case Study Approach. London: Gordon and Breach.
  • Button, Kenneth; Gillingwater, D. (1986). Future Transport Policy. London: Croom Helm.[29]
  • Button, Kenneth; Swann, D., eds. (1989). The Age of Regulatory Reform. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Button, Kenneth, ed. (1991). Airline Deregulation: An International Perspective. London: David Fulton.
  • Button, Kenneth (1993). Transport, the Environment and Economic Policy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Button, Kenneth; Haynes, K.; Stough, R. (1998). Flying into the Future: Air Transport Policy in the European Union. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.[30]
  • Button, Kenneth; Stough, R. (2000). Air Transport Networks: Theory and Policy Implications. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.[31]
  • Button, Kenneth; Hensher, D., eds. (2000). Handbook of Transport Modelling. Oxford: Pergamon.[32]
  • Button, Kenneth; Brewer, A.; Hensher, D., eds. (2001). Handbook of Logistics and Supply-Chain Management. Oxford: Pergamon.[33]
  • Button, Kenneth; Hensher, D., eds. (2003). Handbook of Transport and the Environment. Oxford: Pergamon.[34]
  • Button, Kenneth (2004). Wings Across Europe: Towards an Efficient European Air Transport System. Aldershot: Ashgate.[35]
  • Button, Kenneth; Hensher, D., eds. (2005). Handbook of Transport Strategy, Policy and Institutions. Oxford: Pergamon.[36]
  • Button, Kenneth (2010). Transport Economics (3rd ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Button, Kenneth; Vega, H.; Nijkamp, P., eds. (2011). Dictionary of Transport Analysis. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.[37]
  • Button, Kenneth (2016). The Economics and Political Economy of Transportation Security. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Button, Kenneth (2017). The Value of Applied Economics: The Life and Work of Arthur (A.J.) Brown. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.[38]
  • Button, Kenneth; Finger, M., eds. (2017). Air Transport Liberalization: A Critical Assessment. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.[39]
  • Button, Kenneth (2022). Transport Economics (4th ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Button, Kenneth, ed. (2023). Airline Economics in Developing Economies. London: Emerald.

References

  1. ↑ Button, Kenneth; Rossera, Fabio (1990). "Barriers to communication: A literature review". The Annals of Regional Science. 24 (4): 337–357. Bibcode:1990ARegS..24..337B. doi:10.1007/BF01580478.
  2. ↑ "Aviation Policy Program (APP) Faculty". George Mason University.
  3. ↑ "Social Change and Demand for Mobility" (PDF). Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. EOLSS Publishers.
  4. ↑ Gray, Tim S. (1995). Gray, Tim S. (ed.). UK Environmental Policy in the 1990s (PDF). Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-24237-5. ISBN 9780333621202.
  5. 1 2 "Kenneth J. Button | Arlington & Fairfax VA | Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University". George Mason University.
  6. ↑ "Mason Retirees: February to April 2023". George Mason University. 4 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Directory of Emeritus and Emerita Faculty | Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University". GMU.edu.
  8. ↑ "2005/2006 Economia industriale e politica della concorrenza". Università di Bologna.
  9. ↑ "3.3 - Research Agreement FEUP/TAP and FEUP/SPdH". CITTA - Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment. Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto.
  10. ↑ "Kenneth Button". Florence School of Regulation. European University Institute.
  11. ↑ "Elenco dei visiting professor, visiting scholar e visiting fellow dell'Ateneo a.a. 2013/2014" (PDF). Università degli studi di Bergamo.
  12. ↑ "Study Committee Biographical Information". Surface Transportation Environmental Research: A Long-Term Strategy. Transportation Research Board and National Research Council. 2002.
  13. ↑ "Editorial board - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment". ScienceDirect.com.
  14. ↑ Charging for the Use of Motorways (Report). House of Commons Transport Committee, Fifth Report of Session 1993–94. London: HMSO. 20 July 1994. pp. 152–155. HC 376-II.
  15. ↑ Sustainable Development (Report). House of Lords Select Committee on Sustainable Development. London: HMSO. 1995. pp. 25–30. HL 72-II.
  16. ↑ The Importance of Air Transportation for Economic Development (Report). Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1999. 106th Cong., 1st sess., 54-474CC.
  17. ↑ "Home Page: National Commission to Ensure Consumer Information and Choice in the Airline Industry". UNT Digital Library. National Commission to Ensure Consumer Information and Choice in the Airline Industry. 9 January 2003.
  18. ↑ "User Fees in the Aviation Industry: Turbulence Ahead". U.S. Government Publishing Office. 2012.
  19. ↑ Button, Kenneth J. (5 February 2014). "The FAA's Impact on Small Businesses in the General Aviation Industry" (PDF). U.S. House Committee on Small Business.
  20. ↑ Kenneth J. Button - School of Public Policy - George Mason University
  21. ↑ "Fellows". Academy of Social Sciences.
  22. ↑ Sinur, Cesilia (1 May 2025). "The Royal Economic Society announces Founding Fellows". Royal Economic Society.
  23. ↑ "Distinguished Transportation Researcher Award". Transportation Research Forum. 27 October 2016.
  24. ↑ "Herbert O. Whitten Service Award". Transportation Research Forum. 27 October 2016.
  25. ↑ "Fellows". Air Transport Research Society.
  26. ↑ Nash, C. A. (August 1978). "The Economics of Urban Transport by K. J. Button; Urban Transport Appraisal by Ian S. Jones". Economica. 45 (179): 320–321. doi:10.2307/2553084. JSTOR 2553084.
  27. ↑ Button, Kenneth; Pearman, A. D. (1981). The Economics of Urban Freight Transport. London: Macmillan. Reviewed in: Hart, Tom (November 1983). "Book Review: The Economics of Urban Freight Transport by K. J. Button and A. D. Pearman. London: Macmillan. 1981". Urban Studies. 20 (4): 503–504. doi:10.1080/00420988320080911.
  28. ↑ Whiteing, A. E.; Banister, Chris; McCallum, Doug; Chua, T. A.; Nash, C. A. (July 1985). "Book reviews". Transport Reviews. 5 (3): 283–286. doi:10.1080/01441648508716604.
  29. ↑ "Book reviews: Future Transport Policy. By K. J. Button and D. Gillingwater". Transport Reviews. 7 (3): 275–278. 1987. doi:10.1080/01441648708716660.
  30. ↑ Wolf, Hartmut (1999). "Flying into the Future: Air Transport Policy in the European Union" (PDF). Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv. 135 (4): 709–711. doi:10.1007/BF02707392.
  31. ↑ JTRF; JTRF (2002). "Book Review: Air Transport Networks: Theory and Policy Implications by K. Button and R. Stough". Journal of the Transportation Research Forum. 41 (1). doi:10.22004/ag.econ.317615.
  32. ↑ Dinwoodie, John (2001). "Handbook of Transport Modelling, David A. Hensher, Kenneth J. Button (Eds.). Pergamon, Amsterdam, 2000, 690 pages". Journal of Transport Geography. 9 (4): 303–304. doi:10.1016/S0966-6923(01)00023-0.
  33. ↑ Regan, Amelia C. (2003). "Handbook of Logistics and Supply-Chain Management". Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 37 (2): 189–190. doi:10.1016/S0965-8564(02)00040-X.
  34. ↑ Givoni, Moshe (2007). "Book Review David A. Hensher and Kenneth J. Button (eds.) Handbook of Transport and the Environment". European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research. 7. doi:10.18757/ejtir.2007.7.1.3373.
  35. ↑ "BOOK REVIEW". Transport Reviews. 25 (5): 641–642. September 2005. doi:10.1080/01441640500185077.
  36. ↑ Avineri, Erel (October 2006). "Handbook of Transport Strategy, Policy and Institutions, edited by Kenneth J. Button and David A. Hensher". Journal of Regional Science. 46 (4): 802–805. Bibcode:2006JRegS..46..802A. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9787.2006.00478_8.x. ISSN 1467-9787.
  37. ↑ Rosa, Andrea (2012). "Book Review: A Dictionary of Transport Analysis". Competition and Regulation in Network Industries. 13 (2): 214–216. doi:10.1177/178359171201300206.
  38. ↑ Middleton, Roger (2020). "The value of applied economics: the life and work of Arthur (A.J.) Brown". The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 27 (2): 341–344. doi:10.1080/09672567.2020.1741930.
  39. ↑ Humphreys, Barry (2018). "Air Transport Liberalization. A Critical Assessment Matthias Finger and Kenneth Button (eds) Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2017, 391 pp". European Journal of Risk Regulation. 9 (3): 597–599. doi:10.1017/err.2018.45.
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