Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76646 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1090
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
transport subsidies
urban sprawl
spatial expansion of cities
transport
urban expansion
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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