Speed and Income
Author: Fosgerau, Mogens
Source: Journal of Transport Economics and Policy (JTEP), Volume 39, Number 2, May 2005 , pp. 225-240(16)
Publisher: Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
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Abstract:
The relationship between speed and income is established in a microeconomic model focusing on the trade-off between travel time and the risk of receiving a penalty for exceeding the speed limit. This is used to determine when a rational driver will choose to exceed the speed limit. The relationship between speed and income is found again in the empirical analysis of a cross-sectional dataset comprising 60,000 observations of car trips. This is used to perform regressions of speed on income, distance travelled, and a number of controls. The results are clearly statistically significant and indicate an average income elasticity of speed of 0.02; it is smaller at short distances and about twice as large at the longest distance investigated of 200 km.Document Type: Research article
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