Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Urban Transportation Policies with Equilibrium Sorting

S-Tier
Journal: American Economic Review
Year: 2024
Volume: 114
Issue: 10
Pages: 3161-3205

Score contribution per author:

1.609 = (α=2.01 / 5 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We estimate an equilibrium sorting model of housing location and commuting mode choice with endogenous traffic congestion to evaluate urban transportation policies. Leveraging fine-scale data from travel diaries and housing transactions identifying residents' home and work locations, we recover rich preference heterogeneity over both travel mode and residential location decisions. While different policies produce the same congestion reduction, their impacts on social welfare differ drastically. In addition, sorting undermines the congestion reduction under driving restrictions and subway expansion but strengthens it under congestion pricing. The combination of congestion pricing and subway expansion delivers the greatest congestion relief and efficiency gains.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aecrev:v:114:y:2024:i:10:p:3161-3205
Journal Field
General
Author Count
5
Added to Database
2026-01-25