Commuting, congestion tolls and the structure of the labour market: Optimal congestion pricing in a wage bargaining model

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 434-448

  De Borger, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Commuting; Congestion pricing; Wage bargaining

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; COMMUTING; CONGESTION; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; MODELING; TAX SYSTEM; WAGE;

EID: 70349189888     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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