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Fly or cry: is airport noise costly?
Nitsch, Volker - 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 to previous work, I analyze voting results on restricting airport operations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265963
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Homevoters vs. Leasevoters: A Spatial Analysis of Airport Effects
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel; Maennig, Wolfgang - 2013
We use a public referendum on a new air traffic concept in Berlin, Germany as a natural experiment to analyze how the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317009
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Après nous le déluge? Direct democracy and intergenerational conflicts in aging societies
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Maennig, Wolfgang; Steenbeck, Malte - 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/10011585223
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Après Nous le Déluge? Direct Democracy and Intergenerational Conflicts in Ageing Societies
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel; Maennig, Wolfgang; Steenbeck, Malte - 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/10011451394
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When Labor Disputes Bring Cities to a Standstill: The Impact of Public Transit Strikes on Traffic, Accidents, Air Pollution, and Health
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Hener, Timo; Rainer, Helmut - 2015
effects of public transit strikes on urban populations in Germany. Due to higher traffic volumes and longer travel times …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531797
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The Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown on Mobility and Traffic Accidents: Evidence from Louisiana
Barnes, Stephen R.; Beland, Louis-Philippe; Huh, Jason; … - 2020
We use a regression discontinuity design to study the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on mobility and traffic accidents …. Based on data from Google Community Mobility reports and Uniform Traffic Crash Report from the Louisiana Department of … Transportation and Develop- ment (LaDOTD), we find that the stay-at-home order led to a large decrease in traffic accidents (-47 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249735
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Completing Ostrom's table: A note on the taxonomy of goods
de Dios, Emmanuel S. - 2015
A framework is proposed to subsume public goods and common-pool resources, respectively, as specific cases of positive and negative externalities. A pure public good is a positive externality whose appropriable benefits are too small or too uncertain relative to the high private cost for anyone...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335577
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The willigness to pay for a German win of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil
Bakkenbüll, Linn-Brit; Dilger, Alexander - 2015
We examine the value of sporting success of the 2014 Football World Cup in Brazil by using a method that allows measuring non-market goods, the contingent valuation method (CVM). Besides the value of sporting success in form of the willingness-to-pay (WTP), we determine what influences the WTP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402529
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The value of sporting success to Germans: Comparing the 2012 UEFA Championships with the 2012 Olympics
Wicker, Pamela; Kiefer, Stephanie; Dilger, Alexander - 2013
We examine the value of sporting success to the German population at two major sport events in 2012, the European Championships in football and the London Olympic Games. Using the contingent valuation method (CVM), this study is the first to compare the value of sporting success between two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327636
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Willingness to pay and accept for hosting Olympic Games in Germany
Bakkenbüll, Linn-Brit; Dilger, Alexander - 2016
This empirical study investigates whether and how much individuals are willing to pay for hosting Olympic Games in Germany. Moreover, it is examined for the first time what individuals are willing to accept to host Olympic Games in their own country if they do not like that. Furthermore, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011569767