The Road Mileage User Fee: Level, Intensity, and Predictors of Public Support
The Road Mileage User Fee: Level, Intensity, and Predictors of Public Support
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道路里程使用费：公众支持的水平、强度和预测因素
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10.2139/ssrn.2439335
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2014
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J. Graham
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D. Duncan;V. Nadella;S. Giroux;Ashley Bowers;J. Graham
公路里程使用费被认为是替代燃油税的一个很有前途的办法，近年来燃油税已被证明不足以为公路基础设施筹资。公众的反对往往被认为是道路里程使用费的政治可行性的障碍。我们使用一个全国性的民意调查，调查的水平和强度的支持，以取代燃油税与一般里程用户费和三种具体的管理模式的费用。我们的研究结果证实，公众反对通过里程使用费，以解决日益增长的收入不足的燃油税是很高的，反对者的数量超过了4-1的比例的支持者的数量。此外，市民对用者自付原则的信念及对管理模式特色的看法，亦会影响市民的支持程度。此外，相对于支持者，那些反对里程使用费的人更有可能表示他们愿意采取政治行动反对采用里程使用费。
The road mileage user-fee is viewed as a promising alternative to the fuel tax, which in recent years has proven to be an inadequate means of financing road infrastructure. Public opposition is often thought to be a barrier to the political feasibility of the road mileage user-fee. We use a nationally representative public opinion survey to investigate the level and intensity of support for replacing the fuel tax with a general mileage user-fee and with three specific modes of administration of the fee. Our results confirm that public opposition to the adoption of mileage user-fees to address the growing revenue inadequacy of fuel taxes is high, with the number of opponents exceeding the number of supporters by a ratio of 4-1. Furthermore, public support is somewhat sensitive to respondents' belief in the user-pays principle and perceptions of the characteristics of the mode of administration. Additionally, relative to supporters, those who oppose the mileage user-fee are more likely to state that they are willing to take political action against the adoption of mileage user-fees.