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Non-recurrent congestion is frequently caused by accidents and other incidents. We estimate the causal effect of … incident duration on drivers’ time losses through changes in non-recurrent road congestion on Dutch highways. We demonstrate … that incident duration has a strong positive, but concave, effect on non-recurrent congestion. The duration elasticity of …
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This paper shows that the inefficiency of fiscal decentralization in the presence of spillovers, a main tenet of the decentralization literature, is overturned in a particular transportation context. In a monocentric city where road (bridge) capacity is financed by budget-balancing user fees,...
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peak congestion. We examine the effect of workers' morning start times on their wages for Germany. In contrast to previous …
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The theoretical evolution of academic beliefs and practical policymakers' perceptions of road pricing (from now on rp) as an instrument of efficient and equitable allocation of resources are described and analysed. The aim of the paper is to reconstruct the logical evolution of the theory behind...
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. The paper uses a model, developed by Tabuchi (1993), in which road transport presents a bottleneck congestion technology …
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focuses on the impact of location (rural areas versus cities), regulation, traffic conditions and congestion on environmental …
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Recruiting agents, or "programs" costly screen “applicants” in matching processes, and congestion in a market increases … costs can be used as a Pigouvian tax. Higher costs reduce congestion by discouraging applicants from applying to certain … experimental and structural estimates show that a (low) application cost effectively reduces congestion without harming match …
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A sufficiently accessible public transport, is one of the main factors for the implementation of congestion charging … that promotes fairness socially desirable for the congestion charge. …
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labor productivity and the housing market. Abolishing traffic congestion during rush hours leads to a more urbanized economy …
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The impacts of renewable energy production and German nuclear phase-out on the electricity transmission systems in Central Europe is investigated with focus on the disparity between the growth of renewable production and the pace at which new electricity transmission lines have been built,...
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