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Distributional effects of environmental taxes on transportation: evidence from Engel curves in the United States

Larsen, Erling Røed - In: Journal of Consumer Policy 29 (2006) 3, pp. 301-318

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 … transportation using air flights and new cars has Engel elasticity above unity while public transportation via mass transit has Engel …

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EVALUACION DE LOS BENEFICIOS POTENCIALES DE LA RESOLUCION DE CONFLICTOS OPERACIONALES ENTRE DESPACHADORES Y TRANSPORTISTAS TERRESTRES

DONOSO, PATRICIO; SINGER, MARCOS - In: Abante 7 (2004) 1, pp. 35-65

transportation cost model, we present expressions for estimating the potential savings upon resolving those problems. We simulate …

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Transport Sector and Regional Price Differentials: A SCGE Model for Chinese Provinces

Ando, Asao; Meng, Bo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

With regression formulas replaced by equilibrium conditions, a spatial CGE model can substantially reduce data requirements. Detailed regional analyses are thus possible in countries where only limited regional statistics are available. While regional price differentials play important roles in...

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South – South Trade: Geography Matters

Coulibaly, Souleymane; Fontagné, Lionel - Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations … - 2004

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INTEGRATION OF THE CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES INTO THE EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL NETWORK ECONOMY*

Constantin, Daniela Luminita - In: Journal for Economic Forecasting 2 (2005) 1, pp. 48-55

The integration of the CEECs into the global network economy represents a tremendous challenge for their emerging markets. The accession to the EU is an important exercise of implementing globalization principles at a smaller scale so as to find appropriate solutions to the constraints generated...

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Evaluation of New Transport Demand Management Measures on the City of Geneva with the Use of Innovative Dynamic Traffic Models

de Palma, A.; Marchal, F. - Paris X - Nanterre, U.F.R. de Sc. Ec. Gest. Maths Infor. - 1998

This paper presents new models and methodologies for the assessment of innovative urban transport systems and policies options. The dynamic traffic model METROPOLIS (used here in the framework of the EC project AIUTO) estimates the impact of a set of transport demand management measures on the...

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The Weakest Link: A Model of the Decline of Surface Transportation Networks

Xie, Feng; Levinson, David - Networks, Economics and Urban Systems Research Group … - 2007

This study explores the economic mechanisms behind the decline of a surface transportation network, based on the …. Keywords: decline, transportation network, degeneration, welfare, accessibility …

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Ramp metering and freeway bottleneck capacity

Zhang, Lei; Levinson, David - Networks, Economics and Urban Systems Research Group … - 2003

The objective of this study is to determine whether ramp meters increase the capacity of active freeway bottlenecks, and if they do, how. The traffic flow characteristics at twenty-seven active bottlenecks in the Twin Cities have been studied for seven weeks without ramp metering and seven weeks...

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Measuring the Structure of Road Networks

Xie, Feng; Levinson, David - Networks, Economics and Urban Systems Research Group … - 2005

in the spatial and temporal context. These measures can find their applications in urban planning and transportation …

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Weighting Waiting: Evaluating the Perception of In-Vehicle Travel Time Under Moving and Stopped Conditions

Levinson, David; Harder, Kathleen; Bloomfield, John; … - Networks, Economics and Urban Systems Research Group … - 2004

This paper describes experiments comparing traditional computer administered stated preference with virtual experience stated preference to ascertain how people value stopped delay compared with stop-and- go or freeflow traffic. The virtual experience stated preference experiments were conducted...

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