Effects of economic disincentives on private car use

Transportation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-370

  Jakobsson, Cecilia ^a   Fujii, Satoshi ^b   Gärling, Tommy ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c International Association of Applied Psychology   (Germany)

^d International Association of Travel Behavior Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Car use reduction; Economic disincentives; Field experiment; Private car use

Indexed keywords

CAR USE REDUCTION; ECONOMIC DISINCENTIVES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; PRIVATE CAR USE;

STRATEGIC PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION;

ECONOMICS;

CAR USE; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 0008858459     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016334411457     Document Type: Article

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