A behavioural model of traffic congestion Endogenizing speed choice, traffic safety and time losses

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 408-434

  Verhoef, Erik T ^a,b   Rouwendal, Jan ^a,b,c  

^a TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Road pricing; Safety; Speed; Traffic congestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 5444266196     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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