• Media type: Report; E-Book
  • Title: Pigovian transport pricing in practice
  • Contributor: Hintermann, Beat [Author]; Schoeman, Beaumont Maarten [Author]; Molloy, Joseph [Author]; Götschli, Thomas [Author]; Castro, Alberto [Author]; Tchervenkov, Christopher [Author]; Tomic, Uros [Author]; Axhausen, Kay W. [Author]
  • Published: Basel: University of Basel, Center of Business and Economics (WWZ), 2021
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.5451/unibas-ep84658
  • Keywords: R48 ; Q54 ; external costs ; pigovian taxation ; Transport pricing ; H31 ; congestion ; Q52 ; I18 ; tracking ; R41 ; H23 ; mobility
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  • Description: 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.
  • Access State: Open Access