To drive or not to drive? A simple evolutionary model
Journal title ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Author/s Angelo Antoci, Simone Borghesi, Gerardo Marletto
Publishing Year 2012 Issue 2012/2 Language English
Pages 17 P. 31-47 File size 403 KB
DOI 10.3280/EFE2012-002003
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Car use is an increasingly serious problem in many modern cities because of polluting emissions, noise, accidents and congestion. To examine this issue, this paper analyzes the individual choice between taking the car and using alternative transport modes (e.g. walking, cycling, taking the bus etc.) in the presence of cars’ negative impacts on alternative transport modes. Using a simple evolutionary model, we show the existence of suboptimal Nash equilibria characterized by the widespread use of cars and discuss the effects of simple transport policies that reduce cars’ negative impacts on alternative transport modes.
Keywords: Urban transport, Cars, Negative impacts, Evolutionary dynamics, Suboptimal Nash equilibria
Jel codes: Q52, Q58, R41
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Angelo Antoci, Simone Borghesi, Gerardo Marletto, To drive or not to drive? A simple evolutionary model in "ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT" 2/2012, pp 31-47, DOI: 10.3280/EFE2012-002003