Publication: Does supporting passenger railways reduce road traffic externalities?
Does supporting passenger railways reduce road traffic externalities?
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Laliv, R., Luechinger, S., & Schmutzler, A. (2013). Does supporting passenger railways reduce road traffic externalities? (No. 110; Working Paper Series / Department of Economics).
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Many governments subsidize regional rail service as an alternative to road traffic. This paper assesses whether increases in service frequency reduce road traffic externalities. We exploit differences in service frequency growth by procurement mode following a railway reform in Germany to address endogeneity of service growth. Increases in service frequency reduce the number of severe road traffic accidents, carbon monoxide, nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide pollution and infant mortality. Placebo regressions with sulfur dioxide and
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Laliv, R., Luechinger, S., & Schmutzler, A. (2013). Does supporting passenger railways reduce road traffic externalities? (No. 110; Working Paper Series / Department of Economics).
