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Pollution and congestion in urban areas: The effects of low emission zones
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The great weight that the car has as a means of mobility in large cities generates significant negative externalities both in terms of pollution and congestion. The goal of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of low emission zones (LEZs) and to compare it with the existing results in literature on the effectiveness of urban tolls. First, we build up a theoretical model that departs from De Borger and Proost (2012), who study the effects of urban tolls on congestion, by incorporating pollution into the analysis and LEZs as an alternative (quantity-based) policy measure (...)
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BERNARDO, Valeria, FAGEDA, Xavier and FLORES-FILLOL, Ricardo. Pollution and congestion in urban areas: The effects of low emission zones. Economics of Transportation. 2021. Vol. 26-27, num. 100221, pags. 1-19. ISSN 2212-0122. [consulted: 18 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/186098