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Road pricing: An overview
M. Rouhani, Omid - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper offers a general overview of the road pricing concept. It first examines the common objectives used in road pricing, namely (a) congestion reduction; (b) raising profits; (c) social welfare maximization; etc. Then, it explores various types of road pricing, including two major ones:...
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Congestion pricing, infrastructure investment and redistribution
Russo, Antonio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We study congestion pricing by a government that has redistributive concerns, in the presence of optimal income taxation. Individuals differ in (unobservable) earning ability and consumption technology for commodities using a congestible network (e.g. roads, Internet). We find, assuming...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839208
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Distortions in infrastructure development in urban transport in India: How to remedy it?
Manchala, Ravibabu; Vagvala, Phani Sree - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
National Urban Transport Policy, the guiding document for urban transport in India, emphasis movement of people and goods and not vehicles. The paper establishes that investment on walking and cycling facilities, and surface rail projects give maximum benefit compared to high cost motorised...
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To drive or not to drive? A simple evolutionary model
Antoci, Angelo; Borghesi, Simone; Marletto, Gerardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Car use is an increasingly serious problem in many modern cities because of polluting emissions, noise, accidents and congestion. To examine this issue, this paper analyzes the individual choice between taking the car and using alternative transport modes (e.g. walking, cycling, taking the bus...
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Environmentally Unfriendly Consumption Behaviour: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence from Private Motorists in Mexico City
González, Alva; Ángel, Miguel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This dissertation treats the topic of environmentally unfriendly consumption behaviour in relation to air pollution and the use of automobiles in Mexico City by analyzing three related aspects: i) relevant factors of driving patterns, ii) differences in the extent of pollution arising from...
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Spatial Determinants of CBD Emergence: A Micro-level Case Study on Berlin∗
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Wendlan, Nicolai - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Over the recent decades, scholars and planning practitioners have developed strategies for directed urban decentralization, which aim at the optimization of urban commuting patterns by allowing households to locate closer to job opportunities. However, given ongoing changes in the socioeconomic...
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SOUTH-SOUTH REGIONALISM AND TRADE COOPERATION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
Shafaeddin, Mehdi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This study of regional South-South (S-S) trade and cooperation in East, South and South-East Asian countries (ESSEA) aims to provide an economic rationale for S-S trade; shed some light on the extent and pattern of S-S trade in the ESSEA region; examine the dynamic forces behind the expansion of...
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Towards an effective implementation of clean development mechanism projects in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
available, China is widely expected as the world’s number one host country of clean development mechanism (CDM) projects. But …, making this potential a reality represents a significant challenge for China, because there has been a general lack of …. This has raised great concern about China’s ability to compete internationally for CDM projects and exploit fully its CDM …
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A Comparative Study on Landownership between China and England
Deng, Feng - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1996
By comparing the development of landownership in China and England, this paper explores what were behind their … early China has established a unique economic system that allowed free alienation of land, but it has been trying to check … strengthening and expanding of patriarchal clan system. The different development paths of China and England show the different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835578
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Contested Capitalism: Financial Politics and Implications for China
Richard, Carney - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
As China's economy grows and matures, is it developing institutional patterns that resemble those of other wealthy … evidence across countries and time, I then draw implications for China. I find that China resembles continental European …
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