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Overview

Xavier Fageda is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields, with a primary focus on Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Social Sciences and Engineering. Their studies delve into subfields such as General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Transportation, Aerospace Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work prominently addresses topics in the Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends, Transportation Planning and Optimization, Air Traffic Management and Optimization, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Urban Transport and Accessibility, and Transport and Economic Policies.

Frequent publication venues for the scientist include the SSRN Electronic Journal, where they have published extensively, along with Economics of Transportation, Transport Policy, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, and Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist are:

  • Pricing carbon in the aviation sector: Evidence from the European emissions trading system (2021, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management)
  • Do light rail systems reduce traffic externalities? Empirical evidence from mid-size European cities (2021, Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment)

Notable frequent co-authors of the scientist include:

  • Jordi Teixidó-Figueras
  • Ricardo Flores-Fillol
  • Valeria Bernardo
  • Daniel Albalate
  • Reinaldo Fioravanti

The scientist's research in the aviation sector covers carbon pricing mechanisms and the broader implications of emissions trading systems. Their work also contributes to understanding the impacts of urban mobility, including traffic externalities and environmental consequences, especially in relation to public transit systems such as light rail.

With numerous publications exploring the nexus of transportation, economic policies, and environmental sustainability, the scientist provides empirical evidence relevant to policy-making in urban and sectoral transportation contexts.

Best Publications

  • Is Private Production of Public Services Cheaper Than Public Production? A Meta-Regression Analysis of Solid Waste and Water Services.

    Germà Bel;Xavier Fageda;Mildred E. Warner

  • Why do local governments privatise public services? A survey of empirical studies

    Germà Bel;Xavier Fageda

  • Getting there fast: globalization, intercontinental flights and location of headquarters

    Germà Bel;Xavier Fageda

  • Competition and cooperation between high-speed rail and air transportation services in Europe

    Daniel Albalate;Germà Bel;Xavier Fageda

  • Factors explaining local privatization: a meta-regression analysis

    Germà Bel;Germà Bel;Xavier Fageda

  • High speed rail and tourism: Empirical evidence from Spain

    Daniel Albalate;Xavier Fageda

  • Does Cooperation Reduce Service Delivery Costs? Evidence from Residential Solid Waste Services

    Germà Bel;Xavier Fageda;Melania Mur

  • Partial Privatisation in Local Services Delivery: An Empirical Analysis of the Choice of Mixed Firms

    Germà Bel;Xavier Fageda

  • Privatization, regulation and airport pricing: an empirical analysis for Europe

    Germà Bel;Germà Bel;Xavier Fageda

  • "Why do municipalities cooperate to provide local public services? An empirical analysis"

    Germà Bel;Xavier Fageda;Melania Mur

  • What have we learned from the last three decades of empirical studies on factors driving local privatisation

    Germà Bel;Xavier Fageda

  • EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF SOLID MANAGEMENT WASTE COSTS: SOME EVIDENCE FROM GALICIA, SPAIN

    Germà Bel;Xavier Fageda

  • The evolving low-cost business model: Network implications of fare bundling and connecting flights in Europe

    Xavier Fageda;Pere Suau-Sanchez;Keith J. Mason

  • Reforming the local public sector: economics and politics in privatization of water and solid waste

    Germà Bel;Xavier Fageda

  • Similar problems, different solutions: comparing refuse collection in the Netherlands and Spain.

    Germà Bel;Elbert Dijkgraaf;Xavier Fageda;Raymond Gradus

  • Scheduled service versus personal transportation: The role of distance

    Volodymyr Bilotkach;Xavier Fageda;Ricardo Flores-Fillol

  • Pricing carbon in the aviation sector: Evidence from the European emissions trading system pricing carbon in the aviation sector: Evidence from the European emissions trading system

    Xavier Fageda;Jordi J. Teixidó

  • An analysis of the determinants of cruise traffic: An empirical application to the Spanish port system

    José I. Castillo-Manzano;Xavier Fageda;Fernando Gonzalez-Laxe

  • Big Guys Eat Big Cakes: Firm Size and Contracting in Urban and Rural Areas

    Germà Bel;Xavier Fageda

  • Does privatization spur regulation?Evidence from the regulatory reform of European airports

    Germà Bel;Xavier Fageda

  • Air connectivity in remote regions: A comprehensive review of existing transport policies worldwide

    Xavier Fageda;Ancor Suárez-Alemán;Tomás Serebrisky;Reinaldo Fioravanti

  • Price rivalry in airline markets: a study of a successful strategy of a network carrier against a low-cost carrier

    Xavier Fageda;Juan Luis Jiménez;Jordi Perdiguero

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