STRUCTURE OF AN INSTRUMENT FOR DETERMINING AND EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF POLITICAL MEASURES; STAGE 2: INLAND FREIGHT TRANSPORT
AUFBAU EINES INSTRUMENTARIUMS ZUR ERMITTLUNG UND BEWERTUNG DES EINFLUSSES ORDNUNGSPOLITISCHER MASSNAHMEN; STUFE II: BINNENLAENDISCHER GUETERFERNVERKEHR
PART 2 WAS CONCERNED WITH DETERMINING THE QUANTITATIVE EFFECTS OF POLITICAL MEASURES. FREIGHT TRAFFIC CARRIED ON INLAND WATERWAYS, THE RAILWAYS AND ROADS WAS ANALYSED. THE CENTRE OF THE STUDY WAS A SIMULATION MODEL USED TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF COST-EFFECTIVE POLITICAL MEASURES USING ESTIMATED PRICE ELASTICITIES. RELATIVELY NARROW COMPETITION RELATIONS EXISTS BETWEEN INLAND SHIPPING AND THE RAILWAY FOR THIS TYPE OF TRANSPORT. A DETAILED STUDY WAS MADE OF MODIFICATIONS TO WATERWAY COSTS AND FUEL TAXES FOR INLAND SHIPPING, MODIFICATIONS TO JOURNEY TIME AND LOADING FOR INLAND SHIPPING, AND INCREASES IN TAXES FOR ROAD GOODS TRANSPORT AND REDUCTIONS IN TARIFFS ON THE RAILWAYS.
Language
- German
Project
- Status: Completed
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Sponsor Organizations:
BUNDESMINISTER FUER VERKEHR (FEDERAL MINISTER OF TRANSPORT)
POSTFACH 20 01 00
, DEUTSCHLAND BR D-5300 BONN 2 -
Project Managers:
KOESTRING, R
FELDNER, H
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Performing Organizations:
MESSERSCHMITT-BOELKOW-BLOHM GMBH
ROBERT-KOCH-STRASSE
OTTOBRUNN, DEUTSCHLAND BR D-8012 - Start Date: 0
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 19771200
- Source Data: ITRD D702062
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Competition; Demand; Economics; Freight transportation; Highways; Impact studies; Inland waterways; Policy; Railroad transportation; Research projects; Ships; Simulation; Tariffs; Taxes; Transportation; Trucks
- ITRD Terms: 235: Competition; 285: Demand (econ); 263: Economics of transport; 1112: Freight transport; 2755: Highway; 9112: Impact study; 1088: Inland waterway; 1236: Lorry; 173: Policy; 1173: Rail bound transport; 8557: Research project; 1248: Ship; 9103: Simulation; 241: Tariff; 268: Tax
- Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Motor Carriers; Policy; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01295879
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Forschungsgesellschaft für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen (FGSV)
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 5:14AM