The Costs of Road Infrastructure and Congestion in Europe
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
by Heike Link, John S. Dodgson, Markus Maibach, Max Herry.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint : Physica
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1999
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(xii, 138 pages 23 illustrations)
SERIES
Series Title
Contributions to economics.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction --; State of the Art: Review of infrastructure cost and expenditure accounts; Congestion cost studies --; Methodology: Methodological overview; Definitions and classifications; Estimation of capital values and capital costs; Cost allocation; Estimation of marginal infrastructure costs; Congestion costs; Summary: methodology proposed for this study --; Results: Capital values and road infrastructure costs; Average and marginal road infrastructure costs; Congestion costs --; Conclusions and recommendations: Towards a harmonised methodology; Further research needs.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The book deals with the calculation of costs for road infrastructure and congestion and the allocation of these costs to vehicle types. It focusses on heavy goods vehicles. The most important features of the book are i) the review of the state of the art, ii) a discussion of the theoretical requirements for cost accounts under the aspects of different pricing purposes, iii) a comprehensive treatment of various methodological issues for cost calculation, iv) the elaboration of empirical results for the EU-countries and Switzerland. Of particular value is the fact that existing practice of road accounts in Europe is not simply summarised but the different methodologies are applied at data sets from three countries and quantitatively compared. Further benefits are the comprehensive information and data collection, the empirical results for road infrastructure costs, the harmonised treatment of congestion costs and the policy recommendations.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Economics.
Environmental economics.
Regional economics.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HE361
Book number
.
B944
1999
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
by Heike Link, John S. Dodgson, Markus Maibach, Max Herry.