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This study uses survey data on small business loans granted 2022 -2023 to explore racial disparities in the terms of loans to small firms. Similar data has not been available since the 2003 Survey of Small Business Finances (SSBF). We find that for Hispanic-, Asian American- and Black-owned...
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towards the use of green modes of transport. To that end, we use data from the American Time Use Survey 2003-2019 and explore … the factors influencing commuting time and the proportion of commute using alternative modes of transport, including … walking and cycling. Our results indicate that diesel fuel taxes are linked to a reduction in the total time devoted to …
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, by examining daily variations in weather conditions within counties in the US. To that end, we use time­use diary … information from the American Time Use Survey 2003-2019 and daily weather information at the county level for a sample of US … workers, finding significant relationships between daily weather conditions, commuting time, and travel choices. Rainy days …
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In this paper we show that omitted variables and publication bias lead to severely biased estimates of the value of a statistical life. Although our empirical results are obtained in the context of a study of choices about road safety, we suspect that the same issues plague the estimation of...
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their urban interstate roads, from 55 mph to 65 mph for the first time in over a decade. Since the states that adopted the … 125,000 hours were saved per lost life. Valuing the time saved at the average hourly wage implies that adopting states …
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Tradeoffs between monetary wealth and fatal safety risks are summarized in the value of a statistical life (VSL), a measure that is widely used for the evaluation of public policies in medicine, the environment, and transportation safety. This paper demonstrates the widespread use of this...
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The direct impact of local public goods on welfare is relatively easy to measure from land rents. However, the indirect effects on home and job location, on land use, and on agglomeration benefits are hard to pin down. We develop a spatial general equilibrium model for the valuation of these...
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investment in urban amenities and "clean" means of transport, with adverse effects on commuting time. The model allows us to …
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This paper quantifies the impacts of transport infrastructure investments on economic activity in Haiti, using satellite night-light luminosity as a proxy measure. Our identification strategy exploits the differential timing of rehabilitation projects across various road segments of the primary...
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This paper analyzes how gasoline tax rates are related to the time workers in the United States spend commuting by …-state differences and time variations in gasoline taxes. Using the American Time Use Surveys for the years 2003 to 2015, we find that … higher gasoline tax rates are related with less time spent in commuting. Furthermore, higher gasoline taxes are related to a …
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