Congestion plays a central role in urban and transportation economics. Existing estimates of congestion costs rely on stated or revealed preferences studies. We explore a complementary measure of congestion costs based on self-reported happiness. Exploiting quasi-random variation in daily...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Observations from the Literature -- Chapter 3: Research Design and Methodology -- Chapter 4: Acceptability in the Chinese Context: Exploratory Interviews -- Chapter 5: The Complex Nature of Public Acceptability of Congestion Charging: What Should Be...

Using unique datasets of Beijing's congestion patterns and housing prices, I find that consumers are willing to pay significantly more for access to rail transit in more congested areas. Transit accessibility, however, offers little travel advantage outside of dense urban areas. The expansion of...