When are urban growth boundaries not second-best policies to congestion tolls?

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-286

  Anas, Alex ^a   Rhee, Hyok Joo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Commuting; Traffic congestion tolls; Urban growth boundaries; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846637781     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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