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Road pricing with optimal mass transit

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This paper considers the second-best policy problem that arises when auto travel is priced below its marginal cost and there is a substitute mass transit mode. Using analytical methods, a global comparison is made between the second-best levels of transit service and the fare and their first-best levels. The fact that the results are global permits an application to road pricing not possible with the local results of Kraus (2003).

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  • Kraus, Marvin, 2012. "Road pricing with optimal mass transit," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 72(2), pages 81-86.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:juecon:v:72:y:2012:i:2:p:81-86
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2012.04.002
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