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THE EFFECT OF TRANSPORTATION SUBSIDIES ON URBAN SPRAWL *
Author(s) -
Su Qing,
DeSalvo Joseph S.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2008.00564.x
Subject(s) - subsidy , urban sprawl , public transport , empirical research , economics , public economics , transport engineering , economic geography , urban planning , engineering , philosophy , civil engineering , epistemology , market economy
This paper provides theoretical and empirical analyses of the effect of transportation subsidies on urban sprawl in a two‐mode urban spatial model. Comparative static analysis shows, among other things, that the urban area contracts with a public transit subsidy but expands with an auto subsidy. The paper provides the first empirical test of these hypotheses and finds that the spatial size of the urbanized area shrinks with an increase in transit subsidies but increases at a decreasing rate with auto subsidies.