18 research outputs found
Road tolls in Norway
No full textThese data document historical toll gates, including locations, rates and other regulations, in the period 01.01.2005-31.12.2021. The data cover all known toll gates within Norwegian borders.
The data reveals that both the number of toll gates and the toll level has increased over time. In recent years, the discount for electric vehicles and other zero-emission vehicles has been reduced. Detailed historical data of this kind can be used to study a number of transport economic issues, for instance related to travel demand, Pigouvian taxation, electric vehicle incentives and distributional effects. We encourage those who are interested to use the data to contact us if you notice any errors or irregularities.</p
Replication Package for: Local Incentives and Electric Vehicle Adoption
No full textReplication files for “Local Incentives and Electric Vehicle Adoption” by Askill H. Halse, Karen E. Hauge, Elisabeth T. Isaksen, Bjørn G. Johansen and Oddbjørn Raaum for the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (JAERE)
Replication Package for: Local Incentives and Electric Vehicle Adoption
No full textReplication files for “Local Incentives and Electric Vehicle Adoption” by Askill H. Halse, Karen E. Hauge, Elisabeth T. Isaksen, Bjørn G. Johansen and Oddbjørn Raaum for the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (JAERE)
Replication Data for: A minute of your time: The impact of survey recruitment method and interview location on the value of travel time
No full textThis dataset contains backgroun data for a study testing the impact of survey recruitment methods and interview location on the value of travel time. Respondents recruited from an internet panel, an email registry, and in the field answered surveys, both while at home and while travelling, on how much they shorter travel times.
The dataset contains information on how much respondents valued travel time, whether or not they were currently travelling, how they were recruited, and other variables like yearly income, gender and age
Local Favoritism in At-large Proportional Representation Systems
No full textPork barrel spending is typically attributed to the strategic behavior of political elites hoping to be electorally rewarded by voters residing in their districts. Such behavior is expected to depend on the incentives imposed by the electoral system. We estimate the causal effect of local representation in a closed list proportional representation system where individual candidates have no clear electoral incentive to favor their hometown. Using data from Norwegian regional governments, we still find a hometown bias. We document that municipalities with a representative on the regional council from the same party as the governor tend to obtain more funding for local investments. In an extension we show that citizens also tend to vote more often for parties with a governor candidate from their own hometown, consistent with an expectation of particularistic benefits. Both effects are driven by municipalities with below median population size
Socioeconomic Analysis of Electric Road Systems [Elektronisk resurs]
No full textElectric road systems (ERS) is a technology area that has the potential to significantly reduce fossil fuel dependency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce air pollution, and increase energy efficiency in the transport sector. The implementation of ERS at national and international levels will however be associated with large investments and it is therefore important to study the economic impact and benefits for the society. The present work describes methodology for conducting socioeconomic analysis on electrification of an existing road infrastructure.</p
Socioeconomic Analysis of Electric Road Systems
No full textElectric road systems (ERS) is a technology area that has the potential to significantly reduce fossil fuel dependency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce air pollution, and increase energy efficiency in the transport sector. The implementation of ERS at national and international levels will however be associated with large investments and it is therefore important to study the economic impact and benefits for the society. The present work describes methodology for conducting socioeconomic analysis on electrification of an existing road infrastructure
Local Representation and Voter Mobilization in Closed-list Proportional Representation Systems
No full textWe investigate whether geographic representation affects local voting behavior in closed-list proportional representation (PR) systems, where conventional theoretical wisdom suggests a limited role of localism in voter preferences. Using detailed data on Norwegian parliamentary candidates' hometowns, we show that parties engage in geographic balancing when constructing candidate lists. However, because most districts contain more municipalities than seats, not all municipalities will ultimately see a local candidate elected. A regression discontinuity design applied to marginal candidates reveals that parties obtain higher within-district support in subsequent elections in incumbents' hometowns — novel evidence of "friends-and-neighbors" voting in an otherwise party-centered environment. Exploring the mechanisms, we find that represented municipalities often continue to have locally-connected candidates in top positions, in contrast to municipalities with losing candidates, and are more frequently referenced in legislative speeches. There is no evidence that unequal representation creates inequalities in distributive policies.acceptedVersio
Local Candidates and Distributive Politics under Closed-list Proportional Representation
No full textGeographic representation is an important consideration in candidate nominations, even under closed-list proportional representation (PR), and may even matter for distributive policy outcomes. However, since nominations are determined strategically, the causal effects of local representation are difficult to identify. We investigate the relationship between local representation and electoral and distributive politics in the closed-list PR setting of Norway. Exploiting as-good-as-random election outcomes for marginal candidates, we find that parties obtain higher support in subsequent elections in the hometowns of narrowly-elected candidates. This effect appears to be driven by the local candidate appearing at the top of the party list in the next election. However, we find no evidence that representation results in geographically targeted policy benefits going to the candidates’ hometowns
