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Tax reform for dirty intermediate goods: theory and an application to the taxation of freight transport

Calthrop, Edward; Borger, Bruno De; Proost, Stef - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2003

concreteness, the focus is on tax reform for freight road transport to cope with congestion externalities; results for other types … of externalities can be derived as special cases. The model takes into account that passenger and freight flows jointly … calibrated to UK data. The numerical results suggest, among others, that (i) the welfare gain of a given freight tax reform rises …

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The interactin between tolls and capacity investment in serial and parallel transport networks

Borger, Bruno De; Dunkerley, Fay; Proost, Stef - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2006

The purpose of this paper is to compare the interaction between pricing and capacity decisions on simple serial and parallel transport networks. When individual links of the network are operated by different regional or national authorities, toll and capacity competition is likely to result....

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Capacity cost structure, welfare and cost recovery: are transport infrastructures with high fixed costs a handicap?

Borger, Bruno De; Dunkerley, Fay; Proost, Stef - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2008

In this paper, we consider a region that invests in infrastructure used by both local demand and through transport. We then compare transport systems that have, for a given capacity, the same total infrastructure cost but vary in the proportion of fixed costs and variable capacity costs. We...

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Taxes And Transport Externalities

Mayeres, Inge - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2002

The paper reviews the role of taxation in controlling transport externalities. It argues that the design of transport taxes should take into account pre-existing tax distortions in the economy and looks at the implications of restrictions on the transport instruments at the disposal of the...

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Imperfect Competition and Congestion in a City with asymmetric subcenters

Palma, Andre de; Proost, Stef; Dunkerley, Fay - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2004

This paper develops a model for the monopolistic competition of subcenters for the shoppers and workers of a central city. The model is an extension of the de Palma & Proost (2004) model that is limited to the symmetric case. Inhabitants of a CBD can choose one of the subcenters to buy a...

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On subsidising auto-commuting

Calthrop, Edward - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2001

Evidence suggests that a considerable proportion of peak-period trips are made for purposes other than for commuting to or from work. Given the different degrees of Hicksian complementarity with the labour market, optimal tax theory suggests that, in a second-best world, different trip purposes...

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Imperfect competition and congestion in the City

Palma, Andre de; Proost, Stef - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2004

This paper presents a spatial model to study imperfect competition with congestion. The model is used to examine the price and wage setting of subcenters of a city. Residents live in a city while they shop and work in subcentres. Each subcenter o.ers one di.erentiated product and one...

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Taxation of car ownership, car use and public transport: insights derived from a discrete choice numerical optimisation model

Bruno, De Borger; Inge, Mayeres - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2004

In this paper we study the taxation of car ownership, car use and public transport in the presence of externalities within the framework of a discrete/continuous choice model. We first derive optimal taxes in a simplified setting, emphasizing the specific role of fixed car ownership taxes and...

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A cost-benefit analysis of tunnel investment and tolling alternatives in Antwerp

Stef, Proost; Saskia, Van der Loo; Palma, Andre de; … - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2005

A proposal has been made to build a new tunnel under the Scheldt river near the centre of Antwerp in order to relieve traffic congestion on the ring road and in an existing tunnel. The new tunnel is expected to cost more than €1 billion, and tolls have been suggested to help finance...

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Analysis of transport policy scenarios for EUcountries with PRIMES-transport

Knockaert, Jasper; Proost, Stef; Regemorter, Denise Van - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2004

The partial equilibrium model PRIMES-transport has been used for the evaluation of different transport policy measures which are on the table at EU or national level. The model covers the transport activity by transport mode and their associated energy consumption and air pollution in the EU,...

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