This paper provides the first analysis of the trade-off between convenient flight connections and airport congestion. A …

The likely resurgence of air traffic in the U.S. means that airport congestion is a problem that must soon be … theory says that the congestion tolls levied on the various airlines at a particular airport should generally be different …, with the tolls being inversely related to a carrier s airport flight share. Internalization of airport congestion is the …

’ home addresses to measure airport proximity, we find the risk of low birth weight babies increases by 17 percent among … mothers living near the airport in the direction of the runway. We utilize exogenous variation in noise exposure triggered by …

Airport noise is costly. Airport location is typically associated with lower property prices. Airport expansion often … sparks protests by local residents. In this paper, I provide new evidence on the costs of airport-related noise (and other … disamenities of airports) for individuals. In contrast to previous work, I analyze voting results on restricting airport operations …

Inhabitants of houses near Amsterdam Airport are complaining of noise nuisance, caused by aircraft traffic. The usual … around Amsterdam Airport as the sum of hedonic price differentials and a residual cost component. The residual costs are …

We examine how new airport infrastructure influences regional tourism. Identification is based on the conversion of a … military air base into a regional commercial airport in the German state of Bavaria. The new airport opened in 2007 and … new commercial airport increased tourism in the Allgäu region over the period 2008-2016. The positive effect is especially …