INFORMATION PROVISION IN ROAD TRANSPORT WITH ELASTIC DEMAND : A WELFARE ECONOMIC APPROACH

The objective of this paper is to enhance insight into the welfare economic effects of information provision to a group of drivers, and to gain insight into the mechanisms affecting the impact of providing information. The paper first compares the traditional equilibrium concepts with the methodology proposed. The general model is then presented and the impact of information provision equity and efficiency is studied.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/856156
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: May 1996
• Corporate Authors:

  Vrije Universiteit

  Faculteit der Economische
  Amsterdam,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Emmerink, Richard H M
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 117-136
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: University of Bath
  • ISSN: 0022-5258
  • Serial URL: http://www.jtep.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traveler information systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00786941
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 17 2000 12:00AM