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We use a spatial general equilibrium model with potential commuting of workers between their place of work and their …
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We examine the effects of differences in income tax rates on commuting times within multi-state MSAs. Our theoretical … holding fixed other characteristics. We identify large effects on commuting times for affluent households and homeowners in …
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The paper discusses the tax treatment of commuting where wages and housing cost vary across locations. An income tax … distorts the locational choices of agents, who dislike commuting and have preferences for place of residence Wages, housing … cost and commuting cost determine how subsidising or taxing commuting affects behaviour and social efficiency. A subsidy …
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An unappreciated potential benefit of commuting subsidies is that they can expand the choice set of feasible job … opportunities in a way that facilitates a better job match quality. Variations in wages and initial commuting distances, combined … with major reforms of the commuting subsidy formula in Germany, generate worker-specific variation in commuting subsidy …
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The paper reports laboratory experiments on a day-to-day route choice game with two routes. Subjects had to choose between a main road M and a side road S. The capacity was greater for the main road. 18 subjects participated in each session. In equilibrium the number of subjects is 12 on M and 6...
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This paper analyzes the treatment of commuting expenses by the income tax code from a normative and a positive point of … view within a continuous space framework with endogenous residence choices and perfect labor mobility. As commuting …
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Pricing greenhouse gases is widely understood as the most efficient approach for mitigating climate change, yet distributional effects hamper political acceptance. These distributional effects are especially important in transport, the fastest growing sector for greenhouse gas emissions. Using...
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Evidence suggests that a considerable proportion of peak period trips aremade for purposes other than commuting to or … suggests that while, in theabsence of congestion tolls, commuting subsidies are welfare decreasing, anoptimal pricing scheme …
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argued that the cost of commuting to work should not be deductible as commuting does not increase taxable income. The …
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We study the political economy of commuting subsidies in a model of a mono-centric city with two income classes … suburbs. Commuting subsidies increase the net income of those with long commutes or high transport costs. They also affect … and the incidence of landownership affects the support for commuting subsidies. …
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