Theoretical and methodological aspects of building optimal system of transport payments

Authors

  • Игорь Анатольевич Майбуров Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin, 19, Mira Street, Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia; Far Eastern Federal University, 8, Suhanova Street, Vladivostok, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8791-665X
  • Юлия Владимировна Леонтьева Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin, 19, Mira Street, Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia; Far Eastern Federal University, 8, Suhanova Street, Vladivostok, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu05.2017.303

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the theoretical and methodological basis of building an optimal system of transport payments. That includes establishing classification criteria, functions and principles of building the system. The article substantiates that the use of roads and bridges called for the formation of specific tools of transport payments. The paper systemizes the key negative externalities of car use that need to correct through transport tax. The authors suggest six most relevant classifications of transport payments, which are essential for the purposes of analysis and comparison. The article substantiates that through the simultaneous implementation of fiscal and regulatory functions, the transport payments embody the idea of double dividend, where environmentally oriented behavior of car owners will be accompany by the formation of stable revenue sources for road construction and environmental protection. The work offers principles of building optimal system of transport payments consisting of well-known and new principles. The article further develops the benefit principle in transport payments as well as the social optimum principle. In addition, it provides definitions for original principles identified by the author: the principle of comprehensiveness, the principle of differentiation, principle of payment collection at time of service, and the principle of designation. Refs 27. Figs 5. Table 1.

Keywords:

transport payments, taxes, fees, para-fiscal taxes, classification, function, principles, optimal taxation

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Translation of references in Russian into English

Baumol W. On taxation and the control of externalities. The American Economic Review, 1972, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 307–322.

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De Borger B. Optimal congestion taxes in a time allocation model. Transportation research part B — methodological, 2011, vol. 45, issue 1, pp. 79–95.

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Mayburov I., Leontyeva Y. Theoretical framework for building optimal transport taxation system. Journal of Tax Reform, 2016, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 193–207.

Mayburov I., Leontyeva Y. Transport tax in Russia as a promising tool for reduction of airborne emissions and development of road network. Air Pollution XXIII. Book Proceedings of Conference. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 2015а, pp. 391–401.

Newbery D. M., Santos G. Road taxes, road user charges and earmarking. Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, 1999, vol. 20(2), pp. 103–132.

Pigou A. The Economics of Welfare. London, Macmillan and Co. Pub.,1920. 896 p.

Ramsey F. A. Contribution to the Theory of Taxation. Economic Journal, 1927, no. 37, pp. 47–61.

Small K., Verhoef E. The economics of urban transportation. New York, Routledge, 2007. 238 p.

Verhoef E. External Effects and Social Costs of Road Transport. Transportation Research, 1994, vol. 28A, no. 4, pp. 273–287.

Vickrey W. Pricing in Urban and Suburban Transport. American Economic Review, 1963, vol. 52 (2), pp. 452–465.

Vuchic V. R. Urban public transportation: systems and technology. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1981. 673 р.

Wardrop J. G. Some theoretical aspects of Road Traffic research. Road Paper № 36. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1952, pp. 325–362.

Published

2017-09-29

How to Cite

Майбуров, И. А., & Леонтьева, Ю. В. (2017). Theoretical and methodological aspects of building optimal system of transport payments. St Petersburg University Journal of Economic Studies, 33(3), 392–414. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu05.2017.303

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