Taking the low-carbon road: Essays in road transport decarbonization

Littlejohn, Christina (2021): Taking the low-carbon road: Essays in road transport decarbonization. Dissertation, LMU München: Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät

Abstract

In this dissertation, I methodically analyze proposed EU policies that fast-track deployment of low-emission transport technologies and decrease the emissions intensity of road transport. I limit the scope of my analysis to light passenger transport and heavy road freight. As instruments for this analysis, I design theoretical models to depict the mechanisms underlying supply and demand and then calibrate the models to illustrate the relative costs of each policy scenario. The main contributions of this dissertation are three- fold. First, it investigates the importance of endogenous technical progress in existing and nascent technologies for achieving a cost-competitive low-emission transport system. Second, it examines the value of policy coordination amongst EU member states by scrutinizing incongruous national emissions targets. Third, it studies the impact of levying a distance tax that covers the external costs of road transport.

• Dokumententyp: Dissertationen (Dissertation, LMU München)
• Keywords: Economics, Transportation, R&D, Electric Vehicles, Road Pricing
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften ; 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Economics
• Fakultäten: Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät
• Sprache der Hochschulschrift: Englisch
• Datum der mündlichen Prüfung: 5. Juli 2021
• 1. Bericht­erstatter:in: Pittel, Karen