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Downtown Curbside Parking Capacity
Arnott, Richard J. - 2013
In downtown areas, what proportion of curbside should be allocated to parking? In contrast to most previous work on the economics of parking, this paper focuses on optimal curbside parking capacity in both first-best (where pricing is efficient) and second-best (where pricing is inefficient)...
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Downtown Curbside Parking Capacity
Arnott, Richard J.; Inci, Eren; Rowse, John - CESifo - 2013
In downtown areas, what proportion of curbside should be allocated to parking? In contrast to most previous work on the economics of parking, this paper focuses on optimal curbside parking capacity in both first-best (where pricing is efficient) and second-best (where pricing is inefficient)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877872
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Homevoters vs. Leasevoters : A Spatial Analysis of Airport Effects
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. - 2013
We use a public referendum on a new air traffic concept in Berlin, Germany as a natural experiment to analyze how the interaction of tenure and capitalization effects shapes the outcome of direct democracy processes. We distinguish between homevoters, i.e., voters who are homeowners, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079376
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Homevoters vs. Leasevoters: A Spatial Analysis of Airport Effects
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel; Maennig, Wolfgang - CESifo - 2013
We use a public referendum on a new air traffic concept in Berlin, Germany as a natural experiment to analyze how the interaction of tenure and capitalization effects shapes the outcome of direct democracy processes. We distinguish between homevoters, i.e., voters who are homeowners, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010671574
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Après Nous Le Déluge? Direct Democracy and Intergenerational Conflicts in Ageing Societies
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. - 2016
To assess the likely effects of population ageing on the outcomes of direct democracy, we analyze the effect of age on voting decisions in public referenda. To this end, we provide the first quantitative review of the literature and a case study of the Stuttgart 21 referendum on one of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996260
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Fly or Cry : Is Airport Noise Costly?
Nitsch, Volker - 2013
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095734
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Fly or Cry: Is Airport Noise Costly?
Nitsch, Volker - CESifo - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005029263
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How Large are Road Traffic Externalities in the City? The Highway Tunneling in Maastricht, the Netherlands
Tijm, Joep - 2018
Infrastructure projects are increasingly aiming to improve liveability, in particular in urban areas. We analyse a specific case in which an existing highway in an urban area was moved underground in order to improve intercity traffic flows and to reduce traffic externalities. As travel times...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012914613
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International Environmental Agreements with Uncertainty, Learning and Risk Aversion
Finus, Michael; Pintassilgo, Pedro; Ulph, Alistair - CESifo - 2014
This paper analyses the formation of international environmental agreements (IEAs) under uncertainty, focusing on the role of learning and risk aversion. It bridges two strands of literature: one focused on the role learning for the success of IEA formation when countries are risk neutral and...
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Tax Interaction Among Walloon Municipalities : Is there Room for Yardstick Competition, Intellectual Trend and Partisan Monopoly Effect?
Gérard, Marcel - 2012
party mimic each other's policies. Moreover partisan politics may also act through a monopoly power effect linked to several … sources of interaction. Yardstick hypothesis, intellectual trend hypothesis and potential partisan monopoly power effect are … intellectual trend hypothesis. Moreover evidence is found of a partisan monopoly power effect: several successive legislatures with …
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