Im April 2015 hat die Expertenkommission zur „Stärkung von Investitionen in Deutschland“ ihren Bericht abgeliefert und damit die Diskussion über die Finanzierung der öffentlichen Infrastruktur in Deutschland wieder angeregt. Einig sind sich die Autoren über den dringenden...

In this paper, we analyze the effect of transport infrastructure investments in railways. As a testing ground, we use data from a new historical database that includes annual panel data on approximately 2,400 Swedish rural geographical areas during the period 1860-1917. We use a staggered event...

In the course of the so-called requirements plan review, a fundamental discussion is taking place about the priorities in federal trans-port infrastructure planning. Numerous interest groups are calling for a sole focus on climate protection and environmental goals. This paperargues that such a...

This study analyzes the effects of binding speed limits on crash frequency on German motorways. Various geo-spatial data sources are merged to a new data set providing rich information on roadway characteristics for 500-meter segments of large parts of the German motorway network. The empirical...

Many governments have banned strikes in public transportation. Whether this can be justified depends on whether strikes endanger public safety or health. We use time-series and cross-sectional variation in powerful registry data to quantify the effects of public transit strikes on urban...

The COVID-19 crisis has identified several weaknesses and shortcomings of global supply chain networks. Due to the rapidly increasing demand of protective healthcare equipment, i.e. goggles, masks or equipment, it is visible that global supply chains have been significantly challenged....

Als klimaschonende Alternative hat die Elektromobilität an Aufmerksamkeit gewonnen. Aus ökonomischer Sicht sind jedoch nicht allein die ökologischen Effekte von Elektrofahrzeugen kritisch zu beleuchten. Ob sie sich durchsetzen werden, hängt dabei sowohl von technischen Entwicklungen als auch...

Über die Einführung einer Pkw-Maut wird nach der Bundestagswahl heftig diskutiert. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer macht den Vorschlag, die Maut zu nutzen, um damit das gesamte Verkehrssteuersystem zu modernisieren. Sowohl die Schadstoffbelastung als auch die Staugefahr könnte auf diese Weise gelenkt...

The opening to competition in Germany's regional railway transport is interesting to investigate as some EU countries find it difficult to move towards the implementation of European Union Guidelines. In this paper, we investigate Leipzig's regional passenger railway services opening to...

Two years after the deregulation of the German interurban bus industry in January 2013, two new entrants emerged as market leaders: MeinFernbus (MFB) and FlixBus (FB). We use a comprehensive route-level data set to investigate the determinants of route entry for both providers. Applying survival...