Title: Considerations for China's toll roads and references from developed countries
Abstract: In order to clearly explain the problems of toll road and formulate more rational policies for road charging,this study analyzes the reasonableness of the toll road based on the basic theory of new institutional economics.A multi-dimensional deep comparison between developed countries and China has been made from such aspects as the relationship between economic development and toll road,funding source of road construction and arrangement,road charging period and standard.The study describes the status of toll road in Japan in detail,and indicates the issues of China's toll roads and proposed the cor-responding countermeasures.The analysis shows that it has become a normal economic behavior whether the road should be charged or not,and the key is how to choose,regulate and supervise.Although,there exist differenes for toll road was distinct from country to country because of the differences of the socio-economic characteristics of different countries,many specific practices of a country is still worth learning.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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