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...

We estimate the marginal costs of road renewals as part of a social marginal cost scheme for road user charging. Within an analytical approach that mirrors the relationship between road deterioration, traffic load and road renewal, we use an accelerated failure time model for road pavement with...

We estimate the marginal costs of road renewals as part of a social marginal cost scheme for road user charging. Within an analytical approach that mirrors the relationship between road deterioration, traffic load and road renewal, we use an accelerated failure time model for road pavement with...

Die Politik hat der Eisenbahn eine wichtige Rolle bei der Senkung der Emissionen zugedacht. Aktuell zeigt sich allerdings, dass die DB AG als wichtigstes Unternehmen der Branche in Schwierigkeiten steckt. Die Zuverlässigkeit des Netzes sinkt dramatisch, sichtbar an abnehmender Pünktlichkeit...

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...

We discuss future challenges to road transport infrastructure. These are related to maintenance, autonomous transport and the fi-nancing of infrastructure. We state that maintenance investments are mainly relevant and necessary to avoid a strong reduction in accessibility;autonomous driving will...

In this paper, we analyze the impact of transportation infrastructure quantity and quality on regional economic production. We exploit an extensive panel dataset on the German county level (N=401), expressing the capital value and condition of highways between 2007 and 2016, to estimate a...

A comprehensive roll-out of public charging infrastructure will be costly. However, its impact on the diffusion of electric vehicles (EVs) is not clear at all. Our study aims at estimating the extent to which an increasing availability of public charging infrastructure promotes consumers’...

In this paper, we analyze the impact of transportation infrastructure quantity and quality on regional economic production. We exploit an extensive panel dataset on the German county level (N=401), expressing the capital value and condition of highways between 2007 and 2016, to estimate a...

This volume was prepared by Constantin Mang while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes a short introduction and four self-contained chapters that focus on ICT...