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This article shows that in the presence of environmental externalities, it may be welfare enhancing to overcome a …
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This article shows that in the presence of environmental externalities, it may be welfare enhancing to overcome a … effects. -- environmental externalities ; network effects ; private transport ; technological change …
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increases in service frequency reduce road traffic externalities. We exploit differences in service frequency growth by …
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This paper discusses a number of issues that will become increasingly important nowthat the concept of marginal external cost pricing becomes more likely to be implementedas a policy strategy in transport in reality. The first part of the paper deals with thelong-run efficiency of marginal...
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In this article, the functioning of economic instruments related to the exploitation of road transport vehicles is elaborated. A critical overview of characteristics of different instruments as well as the usefulness of these instruments from the point of view of opportunities for application to...
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The contribution deals with issues of taxation of truck traffic in the Czech Republic and European Union countries. The article discusses the current need for the introduction of environmental features aiming at the mitigation of harmful substances emitted into the atmosphere to the system of...
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gasoline tax (2006 US$) would be economically efficient, compared with the current subsidy of $1.20 per gallon. Removal of the … existing subsidy alone would achieve about three-quarters of the net benefits from subsidy elimination and the tax. Per …-mile tolls could target congestion and accident externalities more efficiently than fuel taxes, although they are not practical …
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Urban transportation externalities are a key development challenge. Based on the existing literature, the authors … externalities. Land-use or urban planning, and infrastructure investment, could also contribute to reducing externalities; but they …. Multiple policy options need to be used simultaneously to reduce effectively the different externalities arising from urban …
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