Policy insights from the urban road pricing case studies

Transport Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-161

  de Palma, André ^a   Lindsey, Robin ^b   Niskanen, Esko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c STA Research ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Fuel taxes; Policy implementation; Road pricing; Second best; Transport externalities

Indexed keywords

ROAD PRICING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33644611929     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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