Severe traffic congestion is ubiquitous in large urban centers, especially those in middle-income countries and emerging markets. Using road pricing as the first-best policy to address congestion has been drawing increased attention from policy makers. This paper provides the first causal...

Über die Einführung von Straßenbenutzungsabgaben (Road Pricing) als ein Beitrag zur Lösung der (Straßen-)Verkehrsprobleme in städtischen Ballungsräumen wird zur Zeit in der Verkehrswissenschaft und -politik recht intensiv diskutiert. Dabei rücken immer mehr Fragen nach der...

The paper assesses the economic impact of a toll imposed on heavy-goods vehicles proportional to distance driven. The macroeconomic impact of the toll is estimated by using the disaggregated econometric model MULTIMAC of the Austrian economy. The assumption is that all toll revenues will be...