Road taxes, road user charges and earmarking

Newbery, David M. and Santos, Georgina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8446-8297 1999. Road taxes, road user charges and earmarking. Fiscal Studies 20 (2) , pp. 103-132. 10.1111/j.1475-5890.1999.tb00006.x

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Abstract

The UK Road Fund was set up in 1921 and financed by earmarked taxes, but was unsuccessful as a form of road finance and abandoned in 1937. The paper examines why earmarking failed and what problems arise for replacing road taxes by hypothecated road charges. These charges would need to be regulated and could evolve into a more efficient system of road pricing. The paper claims that recent experiences with regulating capital-intensive network industries make road user charging and the commercialisation of the public highway both feasible and desirable, but that recent government proposals for local earmarked taxes are inadequate.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance
Uncontrolled Keywords:	H54; H11; R41; R48; earmarking; transport; environmental taxes
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0143-5671
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2022 08:32
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/53338

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