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Road congestion pricing in Europe : implications for the United States

Bae, Chang-Hee Christine (contributor); … - 2008

In February 2003, the London Congestion Charging Scheme was introduced and in 2006 a similar policy was introduced in Stockholm. In both cases automobile traffic entering the cordon declined by about 20 percent. This book evaluates these and other similar programs exploring their implications...

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Economic analysis for EU accession negotiations : agri-food issues in the EU's eastward expansion

Gaisford, James D.; Kerr, William A.; Perdikis, Nicholas - 2003

The expanding membership of the EU means significant changes for accession countries' international trade relations, affecting imports, exports, tax revenues, government expenditures and domestic regulatory regimes. There are also significant ramifications for the EU budget. This book is a...

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Transport in a moving world : emerging trends and policy challenges

Bonin, Olivier (ed.); Geurs, Karst T. (ed.); … - 2024

"Recent changes in travel practices, triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, raise the question of how cities and mobility systems are changing. Moreover, many local governments are accelerating their plans to reduce car traffic. This book comprises expert contributions taking multidisciplinary...

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The economics of regulating road transport

Verhoef, Erik T. - 1996

The regulation of road transport externalities - environmental pollution, noise annoyance, accidents and congestion - is one of the most important issues in contemporary transport policies. The Economics of Regulating Road Transport explores welfare economic evaluations - in terms of efficiency...

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Transport networks in Europe : concepts, analysis, and policies

Button, Kenneth John (ed.); Nijkamp, Peter (ed.); … - 1998

Transport networks are becoming increasingly important now that free trade, open access, increased competition and greater market orientation are fundamental to the current restructuring of Europe. Infrastructure networks are the corner stones of European integration and this book provides a...

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Pricing in road transport : a multi-disciplinary perspective

Verhoef, Erik T. (contributor) - 2008

Transport pricing is high on the political agenda throughout the world, but as the authors illustrate, governments seeking to implement this often face challenging questions and significant barriers. The associated policy and research questions cannot always be addressed adequately from a...

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Financing transportation networks

Levinson, David M. - 2002

Pollution, alternative fuels, congestion, intelligent transportation systems, and the shift from construction to maintenance all call for a reconsideration of the existing highway revenue mechanisms, especially the gas tax. David Levinson explores the fundamental theoretical basis of highway...

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Handbook on railway regulation : concepts and practice

Finger, Matthias (ed.); Montero Pascual, Juan José (ed.) - 2020

Contents: 1. Railway regulation: A comparative analysis of a diverging reality / Juan Montero and Matthias Finger -- 2. Railway regulation in Germany / Thomas Fetzer -- 3. The ongoing process of liberalization of the railway sector in France / Stéphane de la Rosa -- 4. Developments in rail...

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The WTO, subsidies and countervailing measures

Bacchetta, Marc - 2011

Is a Subsidy?', in The American Law Institute Reporters' Studies on WTO Case Law: Legal and Economic Analysis, Chapter 21 … the Theory of Optimum Subsidy', Journal of Political Economy, 71 (1), February, 44-50 -- Harry G. Johnson (1965), 'Optimal …, Cambridge, MA and London, UK: MIT Press, 163-80, references -- Dermot Leahy and J. Peter Neary (2009), 'Multilateral Subsidy …

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Greening the budget : budgetary policies for environmental improvement

Clinch, J. Peter (contributor) - 2002

Greening the Budget regards the fundamental cause of environmental degradation as government and market failure and proposes the use of budgets as an instrument of environmental policy to rectify this problem. The book focuses on the elements of the public budget which currently affect the...

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