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Motorways, tolls and road safety.Evidence from European Panel Data

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Daniel Albalate () (Faculty of Economics, University of Barcelona)
Germa Bel () (Faculty of Economics, University of Barcelona)

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The use of tolls is being widespread around the world. Its ability to fund infrastructure projects and to solve budget constraints have been the main rationale behind its renewed interest. However, less attention has been payed to the safety effects derived from this policy in a moment of increasing concern on road fatalities. Pricing best infrastructures shifts some drivers onto worse alternative roads usually not prepared to receive high traffic in comparable safety standards. In this paper we provide evidence of the existence of this perverse consequence by using an international European panel in a two way fixed effects estimation.

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Paper provided by University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics in its series IREA Working Papers with number 200802.

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Date of creation: Feb 2008
Date of revision: Feb 2008
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Keywords: Road Safety; Tolls; Motorways and Transportation.;

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H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
R48 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - Transportation Systems - - - Government Pricing; Regulatory Policies

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