Tourism statistics point towards increased tourist mobility in holiday destinations, with a subsequent rise in associated externalities, above all those related with the use of hire cars. This paper therefore suggests that a fixed-rate tax should be levied on vehicle hire in order to reduce congestion externalities and thus achieves more efficient traffic levels. With this purpose in mind, count data models were used to assess alternative ways of modeling the demand function for hire cars in Mallorca (Spain) so that the corrective potential of the proposed tax could then be analyzed. Although the inelasticity that was observed might indicate a low short-run capacity to means of group transport. In the mid-run, this would lead to increased elasticity and, in consequence, to better environmental effectiveness internalize costs, it also represents a high potential for raising revenue that could be used to fund alternative.
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Length: 20 pages Date of creation: Jun 2005 Date of revision:
Jan 2005 Publication status: Published in 'Documents de Treball CRE', June 2005, pages 1-20 Handle: RePEc:pdm:wpaper:2005/02