Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/261064 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
WWZ Working Paper No. 2021/11
Publisher: 
University of Basel, Center of Business and Economics (WWZ), Basel
Abstract: 
Pigovian transport pricing was implemented in a large-scale field experiment in urban areas of Switzerland. The pricing varied across time, space and mode of transport. One third of the participants were given a financial incentive to reduce their external costs of transport, whereas others were provided information only or served as a control group. The pricing treatment caused a significant reduction in the external costs of transport. This reduction is a consequence of mode substitution and a shift of departure times. The effect of providing information in the absence of pricing was statistically significant only for subgroups of the sample.
Subjects: 
Transport pricing
pigovian taxation
mobility
external costs
congestion
tracking
JEL: 
H23
H31
I18
Q52
Q54
R41
R48
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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