This paper investigates the empirical identification of perceived congestion and mitigating behavior using observational data. Congestion effects are identified using a procedure based upon a non-linear function of the choice attributes combined with an equilibrium condition on the sorting...

The Supreme Court's Brand X decision has reignited the debate over "network neutrality," which would limit broadband networks' authority to impose restrictions on end users' ability to access content, run applications, and attach devices and to charge content and application providers higher...

Until recently the main function of urban bus transport was to satisfy the individual needs of the less affluent members of society, but now it has to contribute for congestion relief and environmental preservation. This requires a fundamental change of emphasis to fulfill its new role of...

This paper analyzes conditions for co-existence of hub-and-spoke and point-to-point networks in the airline industry, in which case passengers are segmented between the non-stop and one-stop services. In the baseline model, the monopoly airline's ability to segment the market and effectively set...

This article discusses how the federal government and other jurisdictions, both public and private, could change how we travel to improve our environment now and for generations ahead. It begins with background information on the complex structure of the agencies, at the federal, state and local...

Road tolls are a well established way of dealing with problems of congestion. Over recent years, the literature has expanded to take account of how congestion charges might interact with imperfections in other markets. In this paper, we consider the case where congestion occurs within a complex...

The purpose of this paper is to explain the traffic congestion theory of A. A. Walters (1961). The recent paper by Choi (2013) provides an interpretation of the theory that is no consistent with the Walters presentation. This paper provides an empirical example that demonstrates the validity of...

In a congested city with air pollution like Bangkok, there are gains to analyzing and addressing them in coordination. Higher speed, tremendously valuable in itself for firms and households, also reduce the costs of air quality improvements

We study departures from network neutrality through implementing a Quality of Service tiering regime in which an ISP charges for prioritization on a non-discriminatory basis. We find that Quality of Service tiering may be more efficient in the short run, because it better allocates the existing...