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Marginal Social Cost Pricing on a Transportation Network: Comparison of Second-Best Policies

Safirova, Elena A.; Houde, Sébastien; Harrington, Winston - 2008

social costs of transportation. In order to conduct this analysis, we employ a spatially disaggregated general equilibrium …-disaggregated strategic transportation planning model that features mode, time period, and route choice. The model is calibrated to the … another that accounts for other external effects of transportation. We find that when the ultimate policy goal is a reduction …

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Distributional and Environmental Effects of Taxes on Transportation

Aasness, Jørgen; Larsen, Erling Røed - 2002

disaggregated transportation goods. Empirical examination on Norwegian data indicates that higher tax rates on high-pollution luxury … modes of transportation such as air flights and taxis reduce inequality and increase the environmental quality. Lower tax … increase inequality somewhat. Railway passenger transportation appears to be distributionally neutral. In order to interpret …

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Distributional Effects of Environmental Taxes on Transportation. Evidence from Engel Curves in the United States

Larsen, Erling Røed - 2005

Indirect taxes on transportation activities that pollute can correct externalities and close the gaps between private … environmental levies. This article estimates properties of the demand for transportation in parametric and non-parametric analyses …. Private transportation using air flights and new automobiles have Engel elasticities above unity while public transportation …

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A Retrospective Review of Shale Gas Development in the United States: What Led to the Boom?

Wang, Zhongmin; Krupnick, Alan - 2013

This is the first academic paper that reviews the economic, policy, and technology history of shale gas development in the United States. The primary objective of the paper is to answer the question of what led to the shale gas boom in the United States to help inform stakeholders in those...

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Car Ownership and Private Car Use A Microeconometric Analysis Based on Norwegian Data

Wetterwald, Dag G. - 1994

In this paper we analyze household's car ownership and private car use decisions in a model proposed by de Jong (1990). The model, which incorporates variable and fixed costs of car use, can be used to predict the effects of changes in policy measures on the car stock and aggregate use. The...

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A Behavioral Model of Work-trip Mode Choice in Shanghai

Liu, Gang - 2006

adjusted income levels are calculated and discussed as well. The results obtained may be useful for transportation policy …

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Washington START Transportation Model

Houde, Sébastien; Safirova, Elena A.; Harrington, Winston - 2007

The document describes the Washington START transportation simulation model. In particular, it provides information …

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The Impact of Delhi's CNG Program on Air Quality

Narain, Urvashi; Krupnick, Alan J. - 2007

This paper estimates the impact on Delhi’s air quality of a number of policy measures recently implemented in the city to curb air pollution using monthly time-series data from 1990 to 2005. The best known of these measures is the court-mandated conversion of all commercial passenger...

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Pricing Urban Congestion

Parry, Ian W.H. - 2008

This paper reviews literature on the optimal design of pricing policies to reduce urban automobile congestion. The implications of a range of complicating factors are considered, such as traffic bottlenecks, constraints on which roads and freeway lanes in the road network can be priced, driver...

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Welfare and Distributional Effects of Road Pricing Schemes for Metropolitan Washington, DC

Parry, Ian; Harrington, Winston; Nelson, Per-Kristian; … - 2003

transportation planning model calibrated for the Washington, DC, metropolitan area to compare the welfare and distributional effects …

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