THE MARGINAL EXTERNAL COST OF CAR USE - WITH APPLICATION TO BELGIUM

The aim of this paper is to develop a quantitative measure of the marginal external costs associated with passenger car use in Belgium. It concentrates on three main external cost categories : environmental costs, congestion costs and accident costs. The structure of this paper is as follows. In section II, a simple theoretical model is presented which illustrates how the total costs per km associated with a given traffic flow change as a result of an additional passenger car km. Section III then discusses the monetary valuation of the external costs caused by this additional passenger car km for the particular case of Belgium.

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  KUL - FACULTEIT DER ECONOMISCHE EN TOEGEPASTE ECONOMISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN

  LEUVEN, ZZ BELGIQUE    B-3000
• Authors:
  • MAYERES, I
• Publication Date: 1993-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 225-57
• Serial:
  • TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR ECONOMIE EN MANAGEMENT
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: KUL - FACULTEIT DER ECONOMISCHE EN TOEGEPASTE ECONOMISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN
  • ISSN: 0772-7674

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Costs; Crashes; Environment; Traffic congestion; Transportation modes
• Geographic Terms: Belgium
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 8008: Belgium; 1243: Car; 632: Congestion (traffic); 224: Cost; 2455: Environment; 1145: Transport mode
• Subject Areas: Finance; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00682286
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Planungsgemeinschaft Verkehr - PGV - Alrutz, Hannover
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 17 1995 12:00AM