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Elena A. Safirova
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202-328-5120
safirova@rff.org
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Safirova is a fellow at RFF. In her current research, she focuses on economic modeling and policy analysis related to transportation and urban land use. In particular, Safirova is analyzing transportation policy alternatives with respect to outcomes for transportation demand, location decisions, urban sprawl, interaction with other policies, as well as the effects on economic welfare and environmental quality.  
EDUCATION
 
Ph.D. in Economics, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1999.
 
B.A. in Economics, Moscow State University, 1992.
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
Marginal Social Cost Pricing on a Transportation Network: Comparison of Second-Best Policies
Elena A. Safirova, Sebastien Houde, Winston Harrington
RFF Discussion Paper 07-52 | January 2008
 
Spatial Development and Energy Consumption
Elena A. Safirova, Sebastien Houde, Winston Harrington
RFF Discussion Paper 07-51 | December 2007
 
Washington START Transportation Model
Sebastien Houde, Elena A. Safirova, Winston Harrington
RFF Discussion Paper 07-43 | November 2007
 
Congestion Pricing: Myths and Realities
Elena Safirova, Winston Harrington, Conrad Coleman, Sebastien Houde
Smart Growth @10 Conference Paper 20 | October 2007
 
Long-Term Consequences of Congestion Pricing: A Small Cordon in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Bush
Elena A. Safirova, Sebastien Houde, Conrad T. Coleman, Winston Harrington, D. Abram Lipman
RFF Discussion Paper 06-42 | October 2006
 
What Drives Telecommuting? The Relative Impact of Worker Demographics, Employer Characteristics, and Job Types
Margaret A. Walls, Elena A. Safirova, Yi Jiang
RFF Discussion Paper 06-41 | October 2006
 
Measuring Marginal Congestion Costs of Urban Transportation: Do Networks Matter?
Elena Safirova, Kenneth Gillingham and Sébastien Houde
Transportation Research A | Forthcoming | Related Discussion Paper 03-56
 
Congestion Pricing: Long-Term Economic and Land-Use Effects
Elena A. Safirova, Sebastien Houde, D. Abram Lipman, Winston Harrington, Andrew D. Baglino
RFF Discussion Paper 06-37 | September 2006
 
A Small Cordon in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush: Long-Term Consequences of Road Pricing
Elena Safirova, Sébastien Houde, Conrad Coleman, Winston Harrington and D.Abram Lipman
Transportation Research Record | forthcoming
 
What Drives Telecommuting? The Relative Impacts of Worker Demographics, Employer Characteristics, and Job Types
Margaret Walls, Elena Safirova and Yi Jiang
Transportation Research Record | Related Discussion Paper 06-41
 
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