We present the operationalized Toll Index, which is a new type of early indicator for the German business cycle. We present the basic idea and document the power of the indicator for the purpose of nowcasting. The data will be regularly available at the IDSC, the data bank center of IZA and will...

Die bisherige Diskussion bezüglich Straßennutzungsgebühren konzentrierte sich überwiegend auf mögliche Verlagerungseffekte auf andere Verkehrsträger. Eine ver-kehrssteuernde Wirkung im Straßennetz ist durch die kilometer- und typabhängige Entrichtung der Maut vernachlässigt worden. In...

Benutzungsgebühren für Wegeinfrastrukturen haben keineswegs nur eine Finazierungsfunktion, sondern stellen auch ein geeignetes Instrument zur Allokation knapper Infrastrukturkapazitäten dar. Da die Opportunitätskosten der Inan-spruchnahme von knappen Wegeinfrastrukturkapazitäten von allen...

We present the operationalized Toll Index, which is a new type of early indicator for the German business cycle. We present the basic idea and document the power of the indicator for the purpose of nowcasting. The data will be regularly available at the IDSC, the data bank center of IZA and will...

Nowcasting has been a challenge in the recent economic crisis. We introduce the Toll Index, a new monthly indicator for business cycle forecasting and demonstrate its relevance using German data. The index measures the monthly transportation activity performed by heavy transport vehicles across...

European governments are increasingly committed to road safety, due to the impact of road accidents in terms of economic loss and as a public health threat. In addition to regulation, providing better road infrastructure is an essential strategy to promote road safety. This paper investigates...

The authors apply a computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling framework to carry out a two-country comparison for Austria and Germany assessing the impact of road charging (RC). The pricing policy measure is introduced for the private motorized transport mode and applies to the overall road...

This paper analyzes slot-based approaches to management of airport congestion, using a model where airlines are asymmetric and internalize airport congestion. Under these circumstances, optimal congestion tolls differ across carriers, and since a slot-sale regime (with its uniform slot price)...

A new paradigm for transport economists has been established: revenues of a welfare-maximising road tax should be employed to reduce the level of a distortionary income tax. An essential modelling assumption to reach this conclusion is that the number of workdays is optimally chosen, whereas...