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This paper presents evidence that high speed rail systems, by bringing economic agents closer together, sustainably promote economic activity within regions that enjoy an increase in accessibility. Our results on the one hand confirm expectations that have led to huge public investments into...
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RC, the mode-specific travel demand of private households is integrated into the CGE model. Furthermore, the modeling … framework accounts for different household categories with respect to disposable net income and the corresponding travel demand … profiles introduced in terms of behavioral mobility parameters as well as household travel expenditures. Comparing the country …
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truck-train-truck) might be a very CO2 efficient mode. In this article a Logit-Model (based on a survey of 500 German …
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In der verkehrspolitischen Diskussion werden bedarfsgesteuerte Angebotsformen des öffentlichen Personennahverkehrs (ÖPNV) vielfach als geeignete Ergänzung des sich in nachfrageschwachen Räumen ausdünnenden traditionellen ÖPNV betrachtet, um auf den Qualitätsnachteil gegenüber dem...
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Competitive tendering of local bus services in Germany has received increased attention. Employing Seemingly Unrelated Regression analyses, we observe that prices have regionally varying determinants; for example, while prices throughout most of the federal state of Hesse increase over time,...
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Im April 2015 hat die Expertenkommission zur 'Stärkung von Investitionen in Deutschland' ihren Bericht abgeliefert und damit die Diskussion über die Finanzierung der öffentlichen Infrastruktur in Deutschland wieder angeregt. Einig sind sich die Autoren über den dringenden Investitionsbedarf...
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Die Politik hat der Eisenbahn eine wichtige Rolle bei der Senkung der Emissionen zugedacht. Aktuell zeigt sich allerdings, dass die DB AG als wichtigstes Unternehmen der Branche in Schwierigkeiten steckt. Die Zuverlässigkeit des Netzes sinkt dramatisch, sichtbar an abnehmender Pünktlichkeit...
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The article analyses the implications of reduced subsidies for electric cars in Germany, to be implemented 2023. In addition to high electricity price increases, rising costs for lithium-ion batteries habe cut into the incentive and will lead to decreasing sales of electric vehicles in the...
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In December 2022, the German Pension Insurance announced an estimated surplus of €2.1 billion for the past year. President Roßbach partly explained this balance was due to the 'Corona Pandemic, which has led to an increase in mortality, especially among older people'. Here, the author takes a...
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