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Tempolimits und Grenzwerte: für eine evidenzbasierte verkehrspolitische Debatte
[Plea for Evidence-based Policy in the Context of Air Pollution Thresholds and Speed Limits]

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  • Wolfgang Habla

    (ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research)

  • Vera Huwe

    (ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research)

  • Martin Kesternich

    (ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research)

Abstract

Zusammenfassung In der Diskussion über städtische Luftverschmutzung und Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen auf Autobahnen besteht ein Mangel an evidenzbasierten Argumenten, was die Debatte immer wieder blockiert. Bei der Bewertung von Grenzwerten bzw. angedachten Maßnahmen wie Tempolimits sollten kausale Wirkungszusammenhänge differenziert betrachtet und kommuniziert werden. Darüber hinaus sollten weitere gesellschaftlich relevante Dimensionen wie Arbeitsproduktivität und Bildungserfolg, die bislang vernachlässigt wurden, stärker Eingang in die Debatte finden.

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  • Wolfgang Habla & Vera Huwe & Martin Kesternich, 2019. "Tempolimits und Grenzwerte: für eine evidenzbasierte verkehrspolitische Debatte [Plea for Evidence-based Policy in the Context of Air Pollution Thresholds and Speed Limits]," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 99(5), pages 330-334, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:wirtsc:v:99:y:2019:i:5:d:10.1007_s10273-019-2452-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s10273-019-2452-6
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    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • R48 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government Pricing and Policy
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