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Research on current regional economic topics

We concentrate on urban and environmental issues as well as topics in the field of transport economics and transport policy. For instance, we show which effect climate policy measures have on wealth of urban population or we evaluate the effect of electricity subventions on e-mobility. Furthermore, we discuss the determinants of migration decisions or regional productivity. Additionally we cover the question how to evaluate the willingness to pay for non-market goods. All research at our chair is mainly empirically.

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Urban economics

Which effect do speed limits have on wealth? Does congestion also have an effect on people, who are not caught up in it? Which fee is the most effective one to reduce CO2-emmissions? These are only a few questions we look at in the area of urban economics.

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Transportökonomie

Transportation economics deals with wealth effects of transportation measures. These are, e.g., speed limits or tolls. Furthermore, we look at the effect of taxes on CO2-emissions. To estimate welfare effects a monetray evaluation of effects of transportation projects is needed. Especially in the case of non-market goods, where prices are not known, this is a special challange and an important field of research at our chair.

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Environmental economics

One big research area in this field is e-mobility. Does the optimal gasoline tax change because of e-mobility subventions? Are electricity subventions reasonable to stimulate e-mobility?

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Further research

We use datasets to find empirical evidence for the effect of the age structure on regional productivity. We also look at migration, corruption, interregional inequality and convergence.

Research

We use an urban model as a basis of our urban and environmental studies. In this model household decisions, transportation, externalities, firms and the government are included. The urban model can be used to evaluate climate policy measures, the reduction of CO2-emissions or the shift to e-mobility.

For further research questions we use data, to deal with regional economic topics. We find that neighbor regions have an effect on the productivity of a region. For instance we show which effect the demographic change has on regional productivity.

However, often we cannot monetarily measure the positive and negative effects of traffic and transportation, because not for all goods markets exist. To consistently measure all relevant effects for the society as a whole a proper evaluation is necessary. The monetary evaluation of i.e. environmental effects, travel time and accident risk therefore is an important question. To deal with issues like that the Chair of Economics, esp. Transport Policy and Spatial Economics uses econometric methods to estimate the willingness to pay for such effects.

You find additional information on our research fields here. Furthermore, you find a list of our publications here.