JUE insight: Ticket to paradise? The effect of a public transport subsidy on air quality
This paper provides novel evidence on the impact of public transport subsidies on air pollution. The authors obtain causal estimates by leveraging a unique policy intervention in Germany that temporarily reduced nationwide prices for regional public transport to a monthly flat rate price of 9 Euros. Using DiD estimation strategies on air pollutant data, the authors show that this intervention causally reduced a benchmark air pollution index by more than eight percent and, after its termination, increased again. The authors' results illustrate that public transport subsidies – especially in the context of spatially constrained cities – offer a viable alternative for policymakers and city planers to improve air quality, which has been shown to crucially affect health outcomes.
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- © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Gohl, Niklas
- Schrauth, Philipp
- 0000-0002-8936-7137
- Publication Date: 2024-7
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: 103643
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Serial:
- Journal of Urban Economics
- Volume: 142
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0094-1190
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00941190
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; City planning; Environmental policy; Public transit; Subsidies
- Geographic Terms: Germany
- Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01910380
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 28 2024 2:12PM