Pricing of road transport at social marginal cost should make users aware of the damage caused to the environment (external costs). Such an approach, however, requires a preliminary financial estimate of this damage. On the basis of a study carried out at Neuchâtel, this article outlines a comparison of the relative importance assigned by the population to the various forms of road traffic nuisance. After having considered the approaches which allow a value to be placed on these costs, the article presents evaluations of noise (hedonic rent method) and of road accidents (methods based on restitution costs, human capital and relevant case-law).
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Volume (Year): 128 (1992) Issue (Month): III (September) Pages: 453-469 Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML
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