The effect of transport policies on car use: Evidence from Latin American cities

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorGallego, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorMontero, Juan-Pablo
dc.contributor.authorSalas, Christian
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-24T00:08:13Z
dc.date.available2025-01-24T00:08:13Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractIn an effort to reduce air pollution and congestion, Latin American cities have experimented with different policies to persuade drivers to give up their cars in favor of public transport. This paper looks at two of such policies: the driving restriction program introduced in Mexico City in November of 1989-Hoy-No-Circula (HNC)-and the public transport reform carried out in Santiago in February of 2007-Transantiago (TS). Based on hourly concentration records of carbon monoxide, which comes primarily from vehicles exhaust, we find that household responses to both HNC and TS have been not only ultimately unfortunate-more cars on the road and higher pollution levels-but also remarkably similar in two important aspects: on how policy responses vary widely among income groups and on how fast households adjust their stock of vehicles, when they do. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.08.007
dc.identifier.issn0047-2727
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.08.007
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/101953
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000329422900004
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final62
dc.pagina.inicio47
dc.revistaJournal of public economics
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectPublic transport
dc.subjectDriving restrictions
dc.subjectPollution
dc.subjectCongestion
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.titleThe effect of transport policies on car use: Evidence from Latin American cities
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen107
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
Files
Collections
Artículos de revistas