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A New Look at the Incidence of Public Transport Subsidies: A Case Study of Santiago, Chile

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  • Andrés Gómez-Lobo

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Most public transport subsidies in developing countries are justified on equity or social grounds. However, it is not clear how well current subsidies meet these objectives. In this paper the author evaluates several public transport subsidies in the case of Santiago, Chile. This is an interesting case study because in recent years direct means-tested monetary transfers have been used to distribute public transport subsidies instead of using more traditional supply side sectoral subsidies. The results show that using the general welfare system to distribute transport subsidies performs much better than traditional supply side subsidies. The latter are very badly targeted and in some cases quite regressive. Together with some recent evidence from other developing country cities, the results of this paper imply that more effort needs to be placed on the analysis, design, and implementation of social subsidies in the transport sector. ? 2009 LSE and the University of Bath

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  • Andrés Gómez-Lobo, 2009. "A New Look at the Incidence of Public Transport Subsidies: A Case Study of Santiago, Chile," Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, University of Bath, vol. 43(3), pages 405-425, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpe:jtecpo:v:43:y:2009:i:3:p:405-425
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    1. Gandelman, Néstor & Serebrisky, Tomás & Suárez-Alemán, Ancor, 2019. "Household spending on transport in Latin America and the Caribbean: A dimension of transport affordability in the region," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 1-1.
    2. Javier Asensio & Andrés Gómez-Lobo & Anna Matas, 2013. "How effective are policies to reduce gasoline consumption? Evaluating a quasi-natural experiment in Spain," Working Papers wpdea1303, Department of Applied Economics at Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona.

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