Motorways, tolls and road safety.Evidence from European Panel Data

Daniel Albalate and Germà Bel

No 200802, IREA Working Papers from University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics

Abstract: The use of tolls is being widespread around the world. Its ability to fund infrastructure projects and to solve budget constraints have been the main rationale behind its renewed interest. However, less attention has been payed to the safety effects derived from this policy in a moment of increasing concern on road fatalities. Pricing best infrastructures shifts some drivers onto worse alternative roads usually not prepared to receive high traffic in comparable safety standards. In this paper we provide evidence of the existence of this perverse consequence by using an international European panel in a two way fixed effects estimation.

Keywords: Road Safety; Tolls; Motorways and Transportation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H23 I18 R48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2008-02, Revised 2008-02
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