Airport Noise Regulation, Airline Service Quality, and Social Welfare

Jan Brueckner and Raquel Girvin ()
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Raquel Girvin: Transporation Sciences, University of California-Irvine

No 60706, Working Papers from University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper explores the impact of airport noise regulation on airline service quality and airfares. It also characterizes the socially optimal stringency of noise limits, taking both noise damage and the various costs borne by airlines and their passengers into account. The analysis also investigates the effect of noise taxes, as well as the optimal level level of such taxes. Along with the companion paper by Girvin (2006a), this work represents the first complete theoretical investigation into the economics of airport noise regulation using a model where the interests of the key relevant stakeholders are captured.

Keywords: Airport noise; Flight frequency: Airfares (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L0 L9 Q2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2006-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-env, nep-reg and nep-ure
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