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BOČKOVÁ, N. LOFAJ, J.
Original Title
Differences in the Effects of Fare Subsidies in Rail Transport: A Comparison of the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Type
abstract
Language
English
Original Abstract
The aim of this paper is to compare the impact of the government’s decision to intervene in the pricing of rail passenger fares between the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. Both countries are already among the advanced economies that should support the market environment. However, over the past five years, the governments of both countries have cracked down on rail fare pricing and bus transport, respectively. Based on our findings, it was found that in the Czech Republic the change in the fare affected 45.8% of the population and did not bring a significant increase in the volume of transport, in Slovakia only 15.5% of the population was affected by the registration obligation. In Slovakia, there has been a significant increase in transported passengers and passenger-kilometers in the years following the introduction of free fares, 15.2%. In both countries, state budget spending increased, with taxpayers bear the burden. This only had a short-term benefit for the beneficiary population.
Keywords
rail transport, free fare, fare subsidy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, comparison
Authors
BOČKOVÁ, N.; LOFAJ, J.
Released
26. 3. 2021
Publisher
Mendel University in Brno
Location
Brno
Pages from
13
Pages to
Pages count
67
URL
https://ecos.mendelu.cz/wcd/w-rek-ece/ecos2021_sbornik_final2.pdf
BibTex
@misc{BUT171767, author="Nina {Bočková} and Jakub {Lofaj}", title="Differences in the Effects of Fare Subsidies in Rail Transport: A Comparison of the Czech Republic and Slovakia", year="2021", pages="13--13", publisher="Mendel University in Brno", address="Brno", url="https://ecos.mendelu.cz/wcd/w-rek-ece/ecos2021_sbornik_final2.pdf", note="abstract" }