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1 Online-Ressource (20 Seiten; 608 KB)
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Series Statement:
CEPA discussion papers no. 50 (August 2022)
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This paper provides novel evidence on the impact of public transport subsidies on air pollution. We obtain causal estimates by leveraging a unique policy intervention in Germany that temporarily reduced nationwide prices for regional public transport to a monthly flat rate price of 9 Euros. Us-ing DiD estimation strategies on air pollutant data, we show that this intervention causally reduced a benchmark air pollution index by more than six percent. Our results illustrate that public transport subsidies – especially in the context of spatially constrained cities – offer a viable alterna-tive for policymakers and city planers to improve air quality, which has been shown to crucially affect health outcomes
Language:
English
Keywords:
Graue Literatur
DOI:
10.25932/publishup-55846
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-558466
URL:
https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-55846
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-55846
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-558466
URL:
https://d-nb.info/1265567158/34
