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Autovias y ferrocarriles: un modelo para evaluar efectos intermodales de la politica de infaestructuras

Queralt, Germa Manel Bel - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 1996

The supply of motorways reduces travel time costs by road, affecting thus the demand for road transport. Besides these intramodal effects, there exist intermodal effects too as far as motorways have impact on the demand of the competing modes. In this paper we establish and estimate a model that...

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“When supply travels far beyond demand: Causes of oversupply in Spain’s transport infrastructure”

Albalate, Daniel; Bel, Germà; Fageda, Xavier - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2014

Spain’s transport infrastructure policy has become a paradigmatic case of oversupply and of mismatch with demand. The massive expansion of the country’s transport infrastructure over the last decade has not been a response to demand bottlenecks or previously identified needs. For this...

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High-Speed Rail:Lessons for Policy Makers from Experiences Abroad

Albalate, Daniel; Bel, Germà - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2010

In April 2009 the US government unveiled its blueprint for a national network of high-speed passenger rail (HSR) lines …

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Shaping urban traffic patterns through congestion charging: What factors drive success or failure?.

Albalate, Daniel; Bel, Germa - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2008

Congestion costs are emerging as one of the most important challenges faced by metropolitan planners and transport authorities in first world economies. In US these costs were as high as 78 million dollars in 2005 and are growing due to fast increases in travel delays. In order to solve the...

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Lowering blood alcohol content levels to save lives, the european experience

Albalate, Daniel - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2006

Road safety has become an increasing concern in developed countries due to the significant amount of mortal victims and the economic losses derived. Only in 2005 these losses rose to 200.000 million euros, a significant amount – approximately the 2% of its GDP- that easily justifies any public...

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“Are traffic violators criminals? Searching for answers in experiences of European countries”

Castillo-Manzano, José I.; Castro-Nuño, Mercedes; … - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2014

The connection between road traffic safety and criminal behavior has recently become a topic of interest in the literature, although little emphasis placed on the relationship with road accidents. Evidence worldwide shows that people who commit other offences characteristic of antisocial...

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“Job Accessibility, Employment and Job-Education Mismatch in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona”

Paolo, Antonio Di; Matas, Anna; Raymond, Josep Lluís - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2014

This paper analyses the effect of job accessibility by public and private transport on labour market outcomes in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. Beyond employment, we consider the effect of job accessibility on job-education mismatch, which represents a relevant aspect of job quality. We...

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“When supply travels far beyond demand: Institutional and regulatory causes of oversupply in Spain’s transport infrastructure”

Albalate, Daniel; Bel, Germà; Fageda, Xavier - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2013

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Lowering blood alcohol content levels to save lives: A European case study

Albalate, Daniel - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2007

Road safety has become an increasing concern in developed countries due to the significant amount of fatalities and the associated economic losses. Only in 2005 these losses rose to 200,000 million euros, a considerable sum approximately 2% of GDP that easily justifies any public intervention....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005120747

Analisis de los factores determinantes de la movilidad territorial en Cataluna, 1986-1991

Ortuno, Manuel Artis; Fernandez, Javier Manuel Romani; … - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 1998

Commuting consists in the fact that an important fraction of workers in developed countries do not live close to their … commuting in Catalonia (Spain) for the 1986-1991 period. First, we comment briefly the Theory of Residential Location, which … provides us with the theoretical framework needed for the study of commuting. Then we examine the main facts of a descriptive …

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