Philippe Gagnepain, Professeur d’économie, Paris School of Economics

Le séminaire du jeudi 3 avril 2025 est animé par Philippe Gagnepain, professeur d’économie à Paris School of Economics et porteur de la Chaire New Deal Urbain.

Ses domaines de recherches couvrent l'économie industrielle, les politiques de la concurrence et l'économie des transports. 

Titre de sa présentation : The Effect of Public Transport Pricing Policy: Experimental Evidence, article co-écrit avec avec Sébastien Massoni, Alexandre Mayol, et Carine Staropoli.

Résumé : We investigate the impact of different public transport pricing schemes on daily commuting habits. We build a controlled experiment, where participants make transport mode decisions and are assumed to be affected by psychological inertia and car stickiness Our findings indicate that players are rational as they reach the Nash predictions of our model, but cognitive biases inherent to commuters are also present. Peak/off- peak and two-part tariffs prove to be more successful in encouraging public transport mode use than transit passes, possibly due to a preference for flexibility and the ability to take past experiences into account (congestion and incident) in future travel choices. Thus, this paper suggests that well designed pricing strategies are useful tools to promote public transport use and reduce road congestion.

Le séminaire a lieu à 13h30 en salle 227.