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Urban transport pricing reform with two levels of government: A case of study of Brussels

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  • PROOST, Stef
  • SEN, Ahksaya

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This paper analyses two challenges in the reform of urban transport pricing. First the construction of an optimal package of urban transport pricing instruments assuming one benevolent welfare maximizer. It is found that parking and tolling are the most important elements of the optimal package and that these policy instruments are sub-additive in their benefits. The second problem is the use of pricing instruments by different government levels: the urban government controls parking fees and the regional government controls a cordon toll. It is found that the overall efficiency losses in the Nash and Stackelberg equilibria are limited.
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  • PROOST, Stef & SEN, Ahksaya, 2006. "Urban transport pricing reform with two levels of government: A case of study of Brussels," LIDAM Reprints CORE 1882, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    • Handle: RePEc:cor:louvrp:1882
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.11.008
    Note: In : Transport Policy, 13, 127-139, 2006
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