Sustainability impacts of car road pricing: A computable general equilibrium analysis for Austria

Ecological Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-69

  Steininger, Karl W ^a   Friedl, Birgit ^a   Gebetsroither, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Passenger transport policy; Road pricing; Sustainable transport; Transport emission reduction

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; ROAD PRICING; ROAD TRANSPORT; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34249048887     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.09.021     Document Type: Article

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