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Carbon Price Efficiency Lock-in and Path Dependence in Urban Forms and Transport Infrastructure

21 June 2014 - Special issues

By Paolo Avner ,Jun Rentschler, Stéphane Hallegatte

This paper investigates the effect of carbon or gasoline taxes on commuting-related CO2 emissions in an urban context. To assess the impact of public transport on the efficiency of the tax, the paper investigates two exogenous scenarios using a dynamic urban model (NEDUM-2D) calibrated for the urban area of Paris: (i) a scenario with the current dense public transport infrastructure, and (ii) a scenario without. It is shown that the price elasticity of CO2 emissions is twice as high in the short run if public transport options exist.

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