Carpooling and driver responses to fuel price changes: Evidence from traffic flows in Los Angeles

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-56

  Bento, Antonio M ^a   Hughes, Jonathan E ^b   Kaffine, Daniel ^c  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpooling; Gasoline prices; Traffic congestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878617712     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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