Distributional effects of environmental taxes on transportation: evidence from Engel curves in the United States

Indirect taxes on transportation activities that pollute can correct externalities and close the gaps between private and social costs. However, policy makers often find such Pigou taxes difficult to implement because of political resistance due to possibly adverse affects on equity. For this reason it is important to assess the distributional aspects of environmental levies. This article estimates properties of the demand for transportation in parametric and non-parametric analyses of Consumer Expenditure Surveys for the United States and finds patterns in the resulting set of Engel curves. Private transportation using air flights and new cars has Engel elasticity above unity while public transportation via mass transit has Engel elasticity below unity. The findings can be interpreted in an important way since they show that a differentiated scheme of environmental taxes on transportation may function progressively. A Pigou scheme with larger taxes on modes of transportation that pollute more appears to coincide with larger levies on luxury modes preferred by richer households.     

政府绩效审计“阶梯型”评价模式的构建与应用——以BRT公共交通投资项目为例

构建一套政府公共交通投资项目绩效审计评价模式是提高政府公共交通投资项目绩效审计效率和审计质量的关键,然而目前业界尚未对此形成统一认识。论文基于平衡计分卡理论从资源配置、职能行使、潜力发挥和贡献效益四个维度,构建了“阶梯形”政府公共交通投资项目绩效审计评价模式,并通过模糊评价对某市BRT项目调研数据对该模式进行了验证。     

基于物流视角的北宋粮食纲运分析

基于物流系统要素理论,从一般要素、功能要素、支持要素和物质基础要素四个方面分析了北宋粮食纲运系统,从纲制编排与纲运限程、纲运管押与催检、行运秩序与安全保障三个方面描述了北宋粮食纲运的管理过程,纲运过程存在着诸如纲物丢失、损坏、延期运抵等问题,造成这些问题的主要原因是在押纲、催检和起卸三个环节上的官吏腐败。     

厦门经济特区扩容背景下的城市交通战略规划探讨

在国务院批准厦门经济特区扩大到全市的背景下,结合分析厦门城市近年来交通现状的基础上,紧紧围绕“全城厦门的理念统筹城乡交通战略规划,积极推进岛内岛外交通一体化建设,构筑以公共交通为主体的可持续城市交通发展模式.     

综合运输通道内旅客运输方式替代性分析

为了定量分析区域综合运输通道内旅客运输方式的替代性,从运输产品的经济性、快速性、方便性、安全性、舒适性5个特性入手,利用集对分析原理建立替代性模型,按照效益型产品特性和成本型产品特性,经过多因素综合处理后,将联系度转化为替代度,分别表示运输方式间可替代程度、不可替代程度和不能确定程度。最后,通过算例分析模型的应用。     

高速公路智能交通系统(ITS)组成与应用

本文介绍了智能交通系统的主要研究内容,通过对智能交通系统主要研究内容的分析,总结出ITS在高速公路上的应用。     

北京市郊铁路建设优化探讨刘小平

建设京津冀环渤海轨道交通“一小时经济圈”对于实现京津冀经济一体化具有重要意义。根据城市规划及北京市城市交通特点,借鉴国际轨道交通特别是市郊铁路建设运营的经验,明确交通经济圈分层结构,提出在发展完善地铁网和高铁网的基础上,因地制宜,近远结合,充分利用既有铁路资源,建设S1至S7数条市郊铁路,并通过综合客运交通枢纽形成“三张网”有机联系,实现综合运能最大化的设想。     

CONSUMER DIRECT FULFILLMENT PERFORMANCE IN INTERNET RETAILING: EMERGENCY TRANSSHIPMENTS AND DEMAND DISPERSION

The collaborative fulfillment of consumer orders by Internet retailers and wholesalers has proven important in the realization of sustainable levels of online profitability. Concentrating on consumer direct fulfillment (or drop shipping), an empirical simulation model evaluates avenues for improving logistical performance. The empirical simulation model centers on the online music CD retailing industry. It evaluates the effects of emergency transshipments and demand dispersion on inventory and product‐release performance, as well as on transportation costs, in consumer direct fulfillment operations. Results show that emergency transshipments improve inventory and product‐release performance in these operations. Furthermore, the inventory‐performance improvements are maximized when inventory facilities fulfill demand that is uniformly balanced across markets primarily assigned to each facility. Finally, gains in inventory and release performance obtained from emergency transshipments outweigh additional transportation costs incurred from a greater reliance on emergency transshipments for consumer direct fulfillment.     

CRM在航空货物运输代理行业中的应用

本文就国际货物航空运输行业的角度出发,先介绍了航空运输的基本知识、主要服务的行业、确定市场对于航空运输的需求。有了市场需求,似乎航空运输就很好做了。实际不尽然。真正服务到客户才是根本。     

Use of mathematical models in automotive transportation policy analysis: A case study

Mathematical models are used widely in automotive transportation policy analysis. The limitations, benefits, and uses of a case-study model, the Sweeney Passenger Car Gasoline Demand Model, were examined. It was found that because of users' lack of awareness of the model's characteristics, the model has sometimes been misused, although the misuse appears to have had no major negative policy impact. However, the model use has had some impact on major automotive/energy policy decisions of the 1970s. Involvement by the model author in applications of the model contributed to effective use of the model in the policy process.