Investment and the Use of Tax and Toll Revenues in the Transport Sector
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About the Book
Transport infrastructure developments will depend increasingly on the level of user charges. One reason is the ongoing liberalization of the EU transport sector, especially for air and rail. Another is the trend towards implementing tolls and other user charges on roads. It is expected that user charges will progressively replace government subsidies for infrastructure expansion and maintenance. Revenues from user charges may also be used to cross subsidize other transport modes. The surplus anticipated on urban roads could be used to fund infrastructure and operation of public transport and/or non-urban roads.This book brings together both the theory and the current practice of user charges, tolls and revenue use in European countries. It examines public finance aspects such as earmarking, as well as public management aspects of different pricing and revenue use principles. A set of guidelines is developed for a better use of toll and tax revenues. The set of guidelines is tested with a new cost benefit tool in case studies that cover France, Germany, Norway , Switzerland and the UK. "Research in Transportation Economics" is now available online at ScienceDirect full-text online of volumes 6 onwards.
Book Details
ISBN-13: 9780762312467
EAN: 9780762312467
Publisher Date: 18 Jun 2007
Bood Data Readership Text: Professional & Vocational
Dewey: 338.049
Height: 230 mm
MediaMail: Y
Pagination: 316 pages, black & white illustrations
Returnable: N
Spine Width: 19 mm
Year Of Publication: 2007
ISBN-10: 0762312467
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Binding: Hardcover
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Gardner Classification Code: B02
Language: English
No of Pages: 316
PrintOnDemand: Y
Series Title: Research in Transportation Economics
Width: 154 mm