Determining the welfare effects of introducing a cap-and-share scheme on rural commuters

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 547-553

  McNamara, David ^a   Caulfield, Brian ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cap and share schemes; Rural commuting; Sparsely populated areas

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING;

BORDER REGIONS; CAP-AND-SHARE SCHEMES; ECONOMIC WELFARE; METROPOLITAN REGIONS; RURAL REGIONS; SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS; WELFARE EFFECTS; WELFARE LOSS;

RURAL AREAS;

COMMUTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT; WELFARE IMPACT;

COUNTY DUBLIN; IRELAND; LEINSTER;

EID: 79960847405     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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