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Impacts and incentives of differentiated rail infrastructure charges in Europe - focus on freight
Matthews, Bryan
Evangelinos, Christos
Johnson, Daniel
Meunier, David
2009
Abstract
One of the key objectives of rail infrastructure charges has been stated as being to promote the efficient
use of the infrastructure. Much effort has been put into the derivation of charging regimes by
infrastructure managers and regulators throughout Europe, and a mix of differing regimes have been put
in place. However, relatively little work has been undertaken to examine the impacts and incentivisation
effects that these charging regimes produce. This paper gives consideration to relevant theory in this area,
what one might expect - from first principles - and then reports on a number of interviews and case
studies undertaken to explore these impacts and incentives. Finally, it discusses a number of
methodological issues surrounding this area of research, and proposes further lines of enquiry that might
reasonably be pursued.
Series
European Transport / Trasporti Europei
43
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Matthews, B., Evangelinos, C., Johnson, D., Meunier, D. (2009) “Impacts and incentives of differentiated rail infrastructure charges in Europe - focus on freight”, European Transport \ Trasporti Europei, (43) pp. 83-112
Languages
en
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