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May 22, 2018

How large are road traffic externalities in the city? The highway tunneling in Maastricht, the Netherlands

Infrastructure projects are increasingly aiming to improve liveability, in particular in urban areas. We analyse a specifi c case in which an existing highway in an urban area was moved underground in order to improve intercity traffic flows and to reduce traffic externalities.

May 14, 2018

Vrijwillig uit de auto: gedragsbeïnvloeding in de werkgerelateerde mobiliteit

De Nederlandse overheid doet veel om mobiliteit in goede banen te leiden. In deze notitie kijken we naar de effecten van gedragsbeïnvloeding op mobiliteit in woon-werk- en zakelijk verkeer. Dit doen we met een overzicht van de empirische literatuur en een analyse van de effecten van het programma Low Car Diet (LCD).

May 7, 2018

Economic Decision Problems in Multi-Level Flood Prevention: a new graph-based approach used for real world applications

Flood prevention policy is of crucial importance to the Netherlands. We assess economical optimal flood prevention where multiple barrier dams and dikes protect the hinterland against sea level rise and peak river discharges. Current optimal flood prevention methods only consider dike rings with no dependencies between dikes. We propose a graph-based model for a cost-benefit analysis to determine optimal dike heights with multiple dependencies between dikes and barrier dams.

February 28, 2018

Opties om de stedelijke productiviteit te bevorderen

Steden hebben een positieve invloed op de productiviteit en vormen daarom een belangrijk onderdeel van onze economie. De productiviteitsvoordelen van verstedelijking zijn er voor alle werknemers, maar ze zijn niet voor alle bevolkingsgroepen even groot.

February 28, 2018

Why do wages grow faster in urban areas? Sorting of high potentials matters

The existence of an urban wage growth premium is a well-established empirical fact. This article challenges the conventional view that faster wage growth for urban workers is caused by human capital spillovers.

February 28, 2018

Complexities in the spatial scope of agglomeration economies

This article argues that the spatial scope of agglomeration economies is much more complex than is often assumed in the agglomeration literature. We provide insight into this issue by analyzing panel data on individual wages with a high level of spatial detail.

August 22, 2017

Cost-benefit analysis for flood risk management and water governance in the Netherlands: an overview of one century

The Netherlands is a global reference for flood risk management. This reputation is based on a mix of world-class civil engineering projects and innovative concepts of water governance. For more than a century, cost-benefit analysis has been an important tool for both flood risk management as well as water governance in the Netherlands. It has helped to select the most effective and efficient flood risk projects and to coordinate and reconcile the interests of various policy areas, levels of government and private stakeholders.

February 21, 2017

Understanding employment decentralization by estimating the spatial scope of agglomeration economies

This paper argues that the spatial decay function of agglomeration economies is much more complex than is often assumed in the agglomeration literature. We provide insight into this issue by analyzing a nationwide and spatially rich wage panel.

December 22, 2016

Literatuurstudie ‘Effectiviteit van place-based beleid’

Op het verzoek van de werkgroep 'Agenda Stad’ heeft het CPB een literatuurstudie uitgevoerd naar de mogelijkheden voor de Rijksoverheid om met gebiedsgericht beleid, zogeheten place-based beleid, de lokale en nationale economie te bevorderen.

May 31, 2016

Winkelleegstand na de crisis

De leegstand van winkels kan in veel gevallen worden opgelost door de vastgoedmarkt, bijvoorbeeld door leegstaande winkels te verbouwen tot woningen.