The European Commission has advocated the reform of transport pricing for over a decade now. According to the proposed approach transport users should be charged for all the additional costs they impose to society by their use of the transport system. In the EU the principles of such a charging policy are already implemented in the rail sector and a revision process is on-going for the road haulage sector. Research activities under the Community Framework Programmes for research, technological development and demonstration activities have provided the analytical support to both the shaping of the pricing policy and its implementation. The projects and expert networks supported by the Framework Programmes act as platforms for policy transfer. In this paper, the authors recall the principles of efficient pricing in transport and its socio-economic impacts. The problems of implementation are discussed. Policy learning and transfer through EU-supported research projects and networks is outlined. The results of research projects on urban pricing are discussed.
Policy transfer through research networks - the example of urban road pricing
CESifo DICE Report ; 3 , 3 ; 22-27
2005
6 Seiten, 12 Quellen
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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