Commuting, transport tax reform and the labour market: Employer-paid parking and the relative efficiency of revenue recycling instruments

Urban Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 213-233

  De Borger, Bruno ^a   Wuyts, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; LABOR MARKET; MODELING; PARKING; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TAX REFORM; WELFARE IMPACT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 57649231411     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008098643     Document Type: Article

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