Posted on behalf of Bradley Lane: The Role of Gasoline Prices in Society Sponsored by the Transport Geography Specialty Group, the Urban Geography Specialty Group, and the Economic Geography Specialty Group
2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers February 24 – 28, 2012 New York, NY USA Gasoline prices in the United States have exhibited considerable increase and fluctuation since 1999. The widespread attention that gasoline prices receive suggests potentially important impacts on transport, economic, social, and household behavior. Pricing is one of economic theory’s biggest potential influences in the market, yet its use in policy and planning particularly as it relates to gasoline prices remains somewhat under-utilized and under-researched. This session seeks to bring together work done across disciplines on the effect of gasoline prices on human behavior, particularly as it relates to urban, transport, or economic issues. The topic is intentionally broad to attract a diverse array of papers. I am also working with Edward Elgar publishing on a possible edited volume on the role of gasoline prices in society, and those interested in presenting research in this session are encouraged to inquire about contributing to the volume. Paper topics appropriate for the session include but are not limited to the relationship between gasoline prices and: • Consumer decision-making • Household location • Travel behavior • Transportation infrastructure and service • Trip and modal choice • Policy and decision-making • Methods for estimating gasoline price impact • Institutional decision-making • Energy usage and energy splits • Environmental impact • International and intergovernmental comparison Please submit a title, keywords, a 250 word abstract for your work, and your AAG registration PIN ID number to Bradley Lane ([email protected]) by September 26th, 2011. Feel free to contact me with any questions or thoughts concerning your work or the session, as well as to forward this call to others who may be interested. Organizer: Bradley W. Lane, PhD Assistant Professor, MPA Program The University of Texas at El Paso [email protected] 1-915-747-7132
