Arbeitspapier
Transport Subsidies, System Choice, and Urban Sprawl
This paper analyzes the effect of transport subsidies on the spatial expansion of cities, asking whether subsidies are a source of undesirable urban sprawl. While the cost-reducing effect of transport subsidies is offset by a higher general tax burden (which reduces the demand for space), the analysis shows that subsidies nevertheless lead to spatial expansion of cities. If the transport system exhibits constant returns to scale, the subsidies are inefficient, making the urban expansion they entail undesirable. The paper also studies transport system choice.' The city is portrayed as selecting its transport system from along a continuum of money-cost/time-cost choices.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 1090
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Subject
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transport subsidies
urban sprawl
spatial expansion of cities
transport
urban expansion
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Brueckner, Jan K.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
- (where)
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Munich
- (when)
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2003
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Brueckner, Jan K.
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Time of origin
- 2003
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