Road pricing and (re)location decisions households



theories. The most important criticism in general being that the classical spatial-economic
theories from the sixties overestimate the influence of transport costs in location decisions (for
example O’Farrell en Markham, 1975; Weisbrod
et al., 1980). Nevertheless, although these
theories from the sixties are regarded to overestimate the influence of travel costs, transport
costs seem to influence location decisions to a certain extent. Besides that, road-pricing costs
make travel costs more variable, possibly leading to an even stronger connection between
generalized travel costs and location choices (figure 1) than when travel costs only consist of
fixed costs (such as for example road taxations). It follows that road pricing may play a role in
both stages of the relocation process: the decision whether or not to relocate and the choice of
the new residential location. If road pricing plays a role in the decision to relocate, it will
logically also affect the residential location choice. However, if a household chooses to
relocate for another reason, road pricing might still influence the choice of a new residential
or work location.

Figure 1: road pricing and (re)location choice

Due to relocations, spatial changes in the demand of locations may occur. These demand
shifts can also lead to changing housing prices. However, these changing prices will first of
all quite likely depend on the type of pricing measure. For example, spatial differentiated
forms of pricing may lead to higher spatial price differences than more general types of
measures. Secondly, the influence of a specific price measure on housing prices will be
dependent on the spatial characteristics of a certain region. For example, are jobs and houses
evenly spread over a region or do clear nodes exist where work and housing activities come
together? Although effects of measures on housing prices might occur, this paper will not
focus on studying these price effects.



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