A comparative analysis of the effects of economic policy instruments in promoting environmentally sustainable transport

Transport Policy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-95

  Elvik, Rune ^a,b   Ramjerdi, Farideh ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b Traffic Research Group   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Economic policy instrument; Elasticity; Environmentally sustainable transport; Meta analysis; Review

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EID: 84897853442     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2014.02.025     Document Type: Article

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