The Political Economy of an Optimal Congestion Tax: An Empirical Investigation
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Keywords
pigouvian tax; urban transportation; congestion; urban toll;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L92 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
- R41 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise
- L91 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Transportation: General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PUB-2019-03-04 (Public Finance)
- NEP-TRE-2019-03-04 (Transport Economics)
- NEP-URE-2019-03-04 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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