Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250303 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Memorandum No. 01/2021
Publisher: 
University of Oslo, Department of Economics, Oslo
Abstract: 
This paper shows that differentiating driving costs by time of day and vehicle type help improve urban air quality, lower driving, and induce adoption of electric vehicles. By taking advantage of a congestion charge that imposed spatial and temporal variation in the cost of driving a conventional vehicle, we find that economic incentives lower traffic and concentrations of NO2. Exploiting a novel dataset on car ownership, we find that households exposed to congestion charging on their way to work were more likely to adopt an electric vehicle. Heterogeneity analyses show strong socioeconomic gradients in the transition towards low-emission cars.
Subjects: 
air pollution
electric vehicles
transportation policies
congestion charging
JEL: 
C33
H23
Q53
Q55
Q58
R41
R48
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.