The sensitivity in the public urban transport sector, focusing on a progressive improvement in the economic and technical management of passenger services and the need to design a transparent public finance system and according to the current economic circumstances, has led to increased interest...

The target of this study is to identify those areas that, according to the operators of urban transport companies in surface in Spain, affecting daily activity about efficient management of your business. For this, we apply the methodology of the survey to 12 managers of urban transport...

Decarbonizing the transport sector is a key measure to reduce carbon emissions at the global level. This result relies, among other factors, on the substitution of gasoline vehicles with electric vehicles. Countries such as Norway and Germany have adopted policies favoring the diffusion of...

This paper addresses the question whether or not large-scale infrastructure investments have a causal effect of local economic development. By using a novel instrumental variable approach based on historical trade and travel routes across the Russian East, I am able to identify a causal and...

Deutschland verfügt im internationalen Vergleich über eine relativ gut ausgebaute Verkehrsinfrastruktur. Aber nach dem Brückeneinsturz in Genua richtet sich auch in Deutschland das öffentliche Interesse auf ihren Zustand. Gibt es in Deutschland ebenfalls dringenden Erneuerungsbedarf für...

Die Züge im Fernverkehr kommen zu spät, die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Einheiten funktioniert nicht, die Gewinnprognosen sind pessimistisch, der Güterverkehr fährt Verluste ein und die Infrastruktur ist unterfinanziert: die Deutsche Bahn steht in der Kritik. Wie lassen sich spürbare...

Holger Mühlenkamp, Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer, nimmt Stellung zu einem Beitrag von Gernot Sieg und Berthold U. Wigger aus dem ifo Schnelldienst 22/2018 zum Thema »Auch in Zukunft Verkehrsinfrastruktur in ÖPP bereitstellen«. In seinem Kommentar stellt Holger...

Climate policy instruments in the transportation sector like fuel economy standards (CAFE) and fuel taxes not only affect households’ vehicle choice, but also the urban form in the long run. We introduce household level vehicle choice into the urban economic monocentric city model and run...

This dissertation deals with the complex and multifaceted issue of climate change and climate policy. Since the problem touches upon many disciplines and also subfields within economics, the present study tries to bridge the gaps between different areas and dimensions of economic analysis....

We show that the creation of the first integrated pan-European transport network during Roman times influences economic integration over two millennia. Drawing on spatially highly disaggregated data on excavated Roman ceramics, we document that interregional trade was strongly influenced by...