Abstract
The current Finnish mobility pricing system is used as a starting point, and then proceeding along the lines of discussion towards its strengths and weaknesses with regard to environmental policy agenda.
Since the Finnish practice has a long tradition of internalizing the external costs of ecological and environmental costs, it serves as a good spring board towards eco-pricing. If eco-pricing would be adopted, there would be necessary economic trade-offs.
Hence, the question turns into political and social one: how much are we willing to pay for ecological mobility? The technological issues are considered in the end, as eco-pricing will require the employment of different technologies.
However, the technological challenges are probably easier to tackle than the political, social and institutional ones.
Finally, some aspects of advanced vs. developing economies are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | International Journal of Technology |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | 12th International Conference on Quality in Research, QiR 2011 - Bali, Indonesia Duration: 4 Jul 2011 → 7 Jul 2011 |
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Eco-Pricing of Mobility. / Leviäkangas, Pekka; Hautala, Raine.
In: International Journal of Technology, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2011.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article in a proceedings journal › Scientific › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Eco-Pricing of Mobility
AU - Leviäkangas, Pekka
AU - Hautala, Raine
N1 - HUO: This paper received the Best Paper Award.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This paper discusses mobility pricing concepts from viewpoint of ecological targets and sustainable development. The current Finnish mobility pricing system is used as a starting point, and then proceeding along the lines of discussion towards its strengths and weaknesses with regard to environmental policy agenda.Since the Finnish practice has a long tradition of internalizing the external costs of ecological and environmental costs, it serves as a good spring board towards eco-pricing. If eco-pricing would be adopted, there would be necessary economic trade-offs. Hence, the question turns into political and social one: how much are we willing to pay for ecological mobility? The technological issues are considered in the end, as eco-pricing will require the employment of different technologies. However, the technological challenges are probably easier to tackle than the political, social and institutional ones. Finally, some aspects of advanced vs. developing economies are discussed.
AB - This paper discusses mobility pricing concepts from viewpoint of ecological targets and sustainable development. The current Finnish mobility pricing system is used as a starting point, and then proceeding along the lines of discussion towards its strengths and weaknesses with regard to environmental policy agenda.Since the Finnish practice has a long tradition of internalizing the external costs of ecological and environmental costs, it serves as a good spring board towards eco-pricing. If eco-pricing would be adopted, there would be necessary economic trade-offs. Hence, the question turns into political and social one: how much are we willing to pay for ecological mobility? The technological issues are considered in the end, as eco-pricing will require the employment of different technologies. However, the technological challenges are probably easier to tackle than the political, social and institutional ones. Finally, some aspects of advanced vs. developing economies are discussed.
U2 - 10.14716/ijtech.v2i2.59
DO - 10.14716/ijtech.v2i2.59
M3 - Article in a proceedings journal
VL - 2
JO - International Journal of Technology
JF - International Journal of Technology
SN - 2086-9614
IS - 2
ER -