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: Faculty of Economics

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.

• Item Type: Theses (Dissertation, LMU Munich)
• Keywords: Economics, Transportation, R&D, Electric Vehicles, Road Pricing
• Subjects: 300 Social sciences; 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
• Faculties: Faculty of Economics
• Language: English
• Date of oral examination: 5. July 2021
• 1. Referee: Pittel, Karen
• Signature of the printed copy: 0001/UMC 28073