Testing alternative transport pricing strategies : A CGE analysis for Belgium
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The objective of the paper is to compare the effects of two alternative transport pricing rules: average cost and marginal social cost pricing. For both pricing scenarios, two alternative ways of using surpluses or financing deficits of the transport sector are used. The first is to change the marginal labour tax rate, the second way is to vary the level of social transfers. The effects of the scenarios are tested using a computable general equilibrium model for Belgium. The model is also used to analyse whether the changes in the transport accounts caused by a pricing reform are good welfare indicators.
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