Essays on the economics of urban transportation
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics, 2018.
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| author | Kreindler, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Emanuel) |
| author2 | Benjamin A. Olken and Esther Duflo. |
| author_facet | Benjamin A. Olken and Esther Duflo. Kreindler, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Emanuel) |
| author_sort | Kreindler, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Emanuel) |
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| description | Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics, 2018. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1178082019-04-12T07:58:39Z Essays on the economics of urban transportation Kreindler, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Emanuel) Benjamin A. Olken and Esther Duflo. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics. Economics. Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics, 2018. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Cataloged student-submitted from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154). This thesis includes three papers exploring urban traffic congestion and the interplay between urban commuting and economic activity in developing countries. The first paper studies the impact of peak-hour road congestion pricing on commuter welfare, using a field experiment and GPS-based data collection in Bangalore, India. Commuters value time spent commuting highly and are moderately flexible to change departure time. However, welfare gains from optimal congestion pricing are predicted to be low, due primarily to a small road traffic externality. The second paper studies the impact of a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) policy in Jakarta, Indonesia, on road traffic congestion measured using data from Google Maps. The lifting of the "3-in-1" policy led to large increases in traffic congestion throughout the city. The third paper uses cell phone transaction data in Colombo, Sri Lanka and Dhaka, Bangladesh, to construct and validate detailed urban commuting flows, and to then infer urban locations with high labor productivity. by Gabriel E. Kreindler. Ph. D. 2018-09-17T14:50:30Z 2018-09-17T14:50:30Z 2018 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117808 1051459227 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 154 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Economics. Kreindler, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Emanuel) Essays on the economics of urban transportation |
| title | Essays on the economics of urban transportation |
| title_full | Essays on the economics of urban transportation |
| title_fullStr | Essays on the economics of urban transportation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Essays on the economics of urban transportation |
| title_short | Essays on the economics of urban transportation |
| title_sort | essays on the economics of urban transportation |
| topic | Economics. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117808 |
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