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Subways, Strikes, and Slowdowns : The Impacts of Public Transit on Traffic Congestion

Anderson, Michael L. - 2013

Public transit accounts for only 1% of U.S. passenger miles traveled but nevertheless attracts strong public support. Using a simple choice model, we predict that transit riders are likely to be individuals who commute along routes with the most severe roadway delays. These individuals' choices...

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A Tale of Two Tails : Commuting and the Fuel Price Response in Driving

Gillingham, Kenneth - 2016

The consumer price responsiveness of driving demand is central to the welfare consequences of fuel price changes. This study uses rich data covering the entire population of vehicles and consumers in Denmark to find a medium-run price elasticity of driving of -0.30. We uncover an important...

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Measuring Firm Environmental Performance to Inform Asset Management and Standardized Disclosure

Muller, Nicholas Z. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Investing according to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria is gaining momentum. Most environmental performance indices focus only on the tonnage of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. This paper proposes an index covering eight pollutants expressed in monetary damage. Inclusion of...

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Ownership and Use Taxes as Congestion Correcting Instruments

Chia, Ngee-Choon - 2001

In countries, such as Singapore, that have implemented vehicle congestion policies, recent years have seen a shift towards motor vehicle taxes based on car use. Ownership taxes reduce the number of cars on the road, leaving the price per trip largely unaffected. Use taxes such as fuel taxes and...

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The Environmental Benefits from Transportation Electrification : Urban Buses

Holland, Stephen P. - 2020

We determine the environmental benefit of using electric buses rather than diesel or CNG for urban transit. For diesel and CNG we calculate air pollution damages by combining emission rates with damage valuations from the AP3 integrated assessment model and the social cost of carbon. For...

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Optimal Public Transportation Networks : Evidence from the World's Largest Bus Rapid Transit System in Jakarta

Kreindler, Gabriel E.; Gaduh, Arya; Graff, Tilman; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Designing public transport networks involves tradeoffs between extensive geographic coverage, frequent service on each route, and relying on interconnections as opposed to direct service. These choices, in turn, depend on individual preferences for waiting times, travel times, and transfers. We...

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More Roads or Public Transit? Insights from Measuring City-Center Accessibility

Conwell, Lucas J.; Eckert, Fabian; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We propose a theory-inspired measure of the accessibility of a city's center: the size of the surrounding area from which it can be reached within a specific time. Using publicly available optimal-routing software, we compute these "accessibility zones" for the 109 largest US and European...

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Very Young or Very Old Innovator : Creativity at the Extremes of the Life Cycle

Galenson, David W. - 2004

a major innovation made by a very young artist, and another made by an old one, with the goal of understanding the role … of the artist's age and experience in the accomplishment. The analysis shows why youth was necessary for the innovations … masterpieces before the age of 30, and why extensive experience was necessary for the innovations of such experimental artists as …

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Transportation Choices and the Value of Statistical Life

León, Gianmarco - 2013

This paper exploits an unusual transportation setting to estimate the value of a statistical life (VSL). We estimate the trade-offs individuals are willing to make between mortality risk and cost as they travel to and from the international airport in Sierra Leone (which is separated from the...

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Hedging Price Volatility Using Fast Transport

Hummels, David L. - 2009

Purchasing goods from distant locations introduces a significant lag between when a product is shipped and when it arrives. This is problematic for firms facing volatile demand, who must place orders before knowing the resolution of demand uncertainty. We provide a model in which airplanes bring...

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