Rationing can backfire : the day without a car in Mexico City (English)

In November 1989, Mexico City's administration imposed a regulation banning each car from driving on a specific day of the week. The regulation has been both popular and controversial. Some feel that it is a reasonable concession aimed at alleviating congestion and pollution problems. Others feel it is both inefficient and unfair: inefficient in the way most rationing systems are inefficent, and unfair in that it is costly to some and easily avoided...

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Eskeland,Gunnar Saethern;

Feyzioglu, Tarhan;
Document Date
1995/12/31
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS1554
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Mexico,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Rationing can backfire : the day without a car in Mexico City
Keywords
elasticity of car demand

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Eskeland,Gunnar Saethern; Feyzioglu, Tarhan.

Rationing can backfire : the day without a car in Mexico City (English). Policy, research working paper ; no. WPS 1554 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/584331468773112666

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