(De)Regulation of the Taxi Industry [electronic resource] /
European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
Round Table on Transport Economics(133rd :2005 :Paris, France)
Round Table on Transport Economics
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
Transport Research Centre.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2007.
This Round Table examines the basic case for liberalisation of the taxi industry, and reviews experiences with taxi (de-)regulation in OECD and ECMT member countries. There are a number of aspects to regulation of the taxi industry including entry, price and service quality regulation. The discussions of these aspects concluded that little empirical evidence supported the argument that entry restrictions improved capacity utilisation. On the contrary, the case could be made that increased entry and associated economies of density, as well as shorter passenger waiting times, warranted subsidies for entry.
Binder1.pdf; A001.ps; A002.ps; A003.ps; A005-029.ps.pdf; A031-058.ps.pdf; A059-089.ps.pdf; A091-113.ps.pdf; A115-132.ps.pdf; A133-150.ps.pdf; aa.pdf; A151-169.ps.pdf
At head of title: Transport Research Centre.
Conference held in Paris, 14-15 April 2005.
Also available in French under title: La (de)réglementation du secteur des taxis.
Includes bibliographical references.
This Round Table examines the basic case for liberalisation of the taxi industry, and reviews experiences with taxi (de-)regulation in OECD and ECMT member countries. There are a number of aspects to regulation of the taxi industry including entry, price and service quality regulation. The discussions of these aspects concluded that little empirical evidence supported the argument that entry restrictions improved capacity utilisation. On the contrary, the case could be made that increased entry and associated economies of density, as well as shorter passenger waiting times, warranted subsidies for entry.
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