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In this paper we determine the effect of transport cost on commuting flows, on the basis of an analysis of home … of commuting reaches a value of –4 for distances around 24 km, while it is close to 0 for both very short and very long … predictions concerning the effect of infrastructure improvements on commuting flows. …
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to pay for reducing commuting distance is about euro 0.25 per kilometre travelled. This corresponds to a marginal … willingness to pay for reducing commuting time of about 75% of the net average hourly wage. For females, the willingness to pay is …
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Markets for transport are often characterised by unequal demand in both directions: every morning during peak hours the trains are crowded while moving towards the direction of large cities, whereas they may be almost empty in the other direction. In this paper we discuss the implications of...
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transport and biking. Special attention is paid to parking problems, and possibilities to cope with these by pricing measures …. It is demonstrated that in some cases parking externalities lead to non-convexities that make pricing policies less … attractive. In that case parking restrictions are called for. A general shift is observed from national to municipality policy …
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We study a simple model of commuting subsidies with two transport modes. City residents choose where to live and which …
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This paper analyzes subsidies for intracity and intercity commuting in an urban economics framework with two cities and … agglomeration externalities, where workers may commute within and between cities. First, commuting subsidies serve to internalize … agglomeration externalities: Intracity commuting subsidies give incentives to move to the larger city and intercity commuting …
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commuting and physical capital mobility. Referring to the decline in mobility costs, we are able to explain that long …-distance commuting and foreign direct investment have increased and that industrial activity has become more concentrated both within as …
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Assuming that higher traveling expenses reduce traveling time, this paper considers reliefs for traveling expenses to work when a distorting wage tax is levied. While the decision on traveling expenses would not be distorted if traveling costs were completely deductible, taxation would still not...
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This paper proposes the question whether or not traveling expenses to work should be deductible from the income tax base. In order to answer this question, a simple model of (im-) perfect household and worker mobility is employed. The focus of the analysis is on the efficient use of land and the...
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We develop an equilibrium job search model in which employees incur commuting costs, and residential relocation is … for commuting costs. …
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