We study road supply by competing firms between a single origin and destination. In previous studies, firms simultaneously set their tolls and capacities while taking the actions of the others as given in a Nash fashion. Then, under some widely used technical assumptions, firms set a...

"Robot cars" are cars that allow for automated driving. They can drive closer together than human driven "normal cars" and thereby raise road capacity. Obtaining a robot car instead of a normal car can also be expected to lower the userś value of time losses (VOT), because travel time can be...

Thema der Arbeit ist die kostenseitig beleuchtete Entscheidung des Verkehrsteilnehmers zwi-schen einem Privat-Pkw und der Einrichtung eines multimodalen Sets von Verkehrsmitteln. Dafür werden die Begriffe Intermodalität, Multimodalität, Selbstbeweglichkeit, Routinisierbarkeit in Verbindung...

Mohring and Harwitz (1962) showed that, under certain conditions, an optimally designed and priced road would generate user toll revenues just sufficient to cover its capital costs. Several scholars subsequently explored the robustness of that finding. This paper briefly summarizes further...