Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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970836 | Journal of Urban Economics | 2007 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
Consider an urban economy with two types of externalities, negative traffic congestion externalities and positive agglomeration externalities deriving from non-market interaction. Suppose that urban travel can be tolled, that non-market interaction cannot be subsidized, and that non-market interaction is stimulated by a reduction in travel costs. Then the optimal toll is below the congestion externality cost. This paper explores this line of reasoning.
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Richard Arnott,