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Full Title
ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Publisher
FrancoAngeli
ISSN
2280-7659 (Printed Journal)
2280-7667 (Online Journal)
Journal Issue Number
2
Journal Issue Designation
2
Journal Issue Date
2012
Full Title
To drive or not to drive? A simple evolutionary model
By (author)
First Page
31
Last Page
47
Language of text
English
Publication Date
2012/09
Copyright
2012 FrancoAngeli srl
Introduction or preface
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.