Biography
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.
She also is interested in the impacts of technological change on urban spatial structure, labor markets, industrial organization, and the environment. In her Ph.D. dissertation, Safirova incorporated telecommuting in urban economic models and examined the effects of this work arrangement on spatial structure and economic welfare of city residents.
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
Transit in Washington, DC: Current Benefits and Optimal Level of provision Peter Nelson, Andrew Baglino, Winston Harrington, Elena Safirova and D. Abram Lipman Journal of Urban Economics | Related Discussion Paper 06-21
Telecommuting and Environmental Policy: Lessons from the ecommute Program Peter Nelson, Elena Safirova and Margaret Walls Transportation Research D
Choosing Congestion Pricing Policy: Cordon Tolls versus Link-Based Tolls Elena Safirova, Kenneth Gillingham, Winston Harrington, Peter Nelson, Abram Lipman Transportation Research Record | 2005 | No. 1932 | pp. 169-177
Telecommuting, Traffic Congestion and Agglomeration: A General Equilibrium Model Elena Safirova Journal of Urban Economics | 2002 | Vol. 52 | pp. 26-52
Books, Chapters, and Reports
Welfare and Distributional Effects of HOT Lanes and Other Road Pricing Policies in Metropolitan Washington DC Elena Safirova, Kenneth Gillingham, Ian Parry, Peter Nelson, Winston Harrington, and David Mason Road Pricing: Theory and Practice, Research in Transportation Economics | Georgina Santos | : Elsevier | 2004 Related Discussion Paper 03-57
Pay as You Slow: Road Pricing to Reduce Traffic Congestion Ian Parry and Elena Safirova New Approaches on Energy and the Environment: Policy Advice for the President | Richard D. Morgenstern and Paul R. Portney, eds. | RFF Press | 2004 | Chapter 11
Welfare and Distributional Effects of Road Pricing Schemes for Metropolitan Washington DC Elena Safirova, Winston Harrington, Peter Nelson, Ian Parry, K. Gillingham, and D. Mason Road Pricing: Theory and Evidence | G. Santos, editor | : Elsevier Science | 2003 accepted for presentaion at the Southern Regional Science Association Annual Meetings, March 2004
Short Articles, Issue Briefs, and Other Publications
Congestion Pricing in Time and Space Elena Safirova McDaniel College | October 23, 2007
Congestion Pricing and Land Use Change Elena Safirova Framing Land Use Dynamics II | Utrecht University | Utrecht University | April 20, 2007
Spatial Development and Energy Consumption Elena Safirova Conference on Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects | George Washington University, Brookings Institution, and Urban Institute | Brookings Institution, Washington, DC | March 30, 2007
Connecting the Dots: Modeling the Long Term Impact of the Intercounty Connector Elena Safirova Modeling Growth for the Nation's Capital | Resources for the Future | Resources for the Future | March 27, 2007
Congestion Pricing: Five Urban Legends Elena Safirova Roads, Cars, and Dollars | Resources for the Future | Resources for the Future | March 7, 2007
What Drives Telecommuting? Relative Impacts of Worker Demographics, Employer Characteristics, and Job Types Elena Safirova 86th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB) | TRB | Washington, DC | January 22, 2007
Congestion Pricing: Long-Term Economic and Land Use Effects Elena Safirova First International Conference on Funding Transportation Infrastructure | Banff, AB Canada | August 2, 2006 Annual Meetings of the Regional Science Association, Toronto, Canada
Public Transit and the Road Pricing:
Virtues of the Virtuous Circle
Elena Safirova Transportation Research Board Mettings | Washington, DC | January 23, 2006 Regional Science Association Meetings
Public Transit and Road Pricing: the Virtues of the Virtuous Circle Elena Safirova 2005 North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association | RSAI | Las Vegas, Nevada | November 12, 2005
A Regional Economy and Land Use Model A. Anas and Elena Safirova RSAI Mettings | RSAI | Philadelphia, PA | November 1, 2003
Distributional Consequences of Road Pricing Policies on a Network Representing a Real City Elena Safirova Second World Congress of Environmental Economists | Association of Environmental and Resource Economists/European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists | Monterey, CA | June 24, 2002
Transportation Model of Washington, D.C.: Goals, Capabilities and Limitations Elena Safirova Transporation Workshop | Resources for the Future | Washington, D.C. | March 1, 2003
A Model of a Residential Economy with Telecommuting Elena Safirova 48th North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) | RSAI | Charleston, SC | November 15, 2001
Telecommuting, Traffic Congestion, and Agglomeration: A General Equilibrium Model Elena Safirova 45th North American Meetings | Regional Science Association International | Santa Fe, NM | November 1, 1998
Professional Activities
Referee: Journal of Urban Economics
Annals of Regional Science
Environmental and Resource Economics
Professional Memberships: American Economic Association
Regional Science Association International
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
