Reducing urban road transportation externalities: Road pricing in theory and in practice

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-88

  Anas, Alex ^a   Lindsey, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLLUTION CONTROL; ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 79960056186     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/req019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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