On the geography of vintage-specific restrictions

dc.contributor.authorFardella, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorBarahona, Nano
dc.contributor.authorMontero, Juan-Pablo
dc.contributor.authorSepulveda, Felipe
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T17:26:22Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T17:26:22Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractPersistent air-pollution problems have led authorities in many cities around the world to impose limits on car use by means of vintage-specific restrictions or low-emission zones. Any vintage restriction must establish not only the cars that face a restriction but also its geographic area of application. As a result of the restriction, a fraction of restricted cars are exported outside the restricted area. Because restricted cars become cheaper, emissions in the restricted area could increase if exported cars remain too close to it. The extent to which such emissions leakage can occur crucially depends on transaction costs in the car market. We study this possibility with a model of the car market that allows for transaction costs and data from Santiago's 2017 vintage restriction. We fail to find emissions leakage, at least severe enough to undo the 2017 policy effects. Interestingly, transaction costs are shown to have a non-monotonic impact on emissions, and hence, on welfare.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.reseneeco.2023.101405
dc.identifier.eissn1873-0221
dc.identifier.issn0928-7655
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2023.101405
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/91553
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001097246700001
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaResource and energy economics
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectAir quality
dc.subjectDriving restrictions
dc.subjectLow emission zones
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.titleOn the geography of vintage-specific restrictions
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen75
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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