2019
DOI: 10.1177/0361198119847974
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Benefits and Pitfalls of Deregulating Taxi Markets: Can Contrasted Case Studies Help Inform the Debate?

Abstract: Taxi and for-hire markets have traditionally been heavily regulated and public policymakers have been quite imaginative in regulating these markets, discriminating among market segments (hail, rank, and pre-booked), using different types of instruments (quantitative, qualitative, economic), and targeting different subjects (company, driver, vehicle). Cities and countries have experimented with the deregulation of taxi and for-hire services since the 1970s, aiming at raising the efficiency and competition in th… Show more

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“…The quality concerns mainly focus on the qualifications of the driver and the physical and mechanical requirements of the vehicle (Barrett, 2003;Bekken, 2007;Bouteil et al, 2019;Cairns & Liston-Heyes, 1996). Barrett (2003) notes that governmental officials are required to regulate the market to make sure that the quality of service remains at a desirably high level.…”
Section: Arguments For Regulationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The quality concerns mainly focus on the qualifications of the driver and the physical and mechanical requirements of the vehicle (Barrett, 2003;Bekken, 2007;Bouteil et al, 2019;Cairns & Liston-Heyes, 1996). Barrett (2003) notes that governmental officials are required to regulate the market to make sure that the quality of service remains at a desirably high level.…”
Section: Arguments For Regulationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Of the arguments against regulation, the most popular arguments relate to the functioning of the market. These include increasing the supply of taxis, innovation in the taxi industry as well as market efficiency (Harding et al, 2016;Bouteil et al, 2019). All the reasons pertain to increased competition.…”
Section: Arguments Against Regulationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Вопросам качества и безопасности услуг по перевозке пассажиров легковых такси посвящен ряд зарубежных исследований [13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28]. В большинстве своем в работах проведена оценка психофизиологических показателей водителя на аварийность.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…В большинстве своем в работах проведена оценка психофизиологических показателей водителя на аварийность. Работы [18,22,14] посвящены оценке влияния дерегулирования рынка таксомоторных перевозок на безопасность. Работы [23,24,25,26,27,28] посвящены вопросам оценки качества услуг такси.…”
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