A New Approach to Private Roads

5 Pages Posted: 14 Jan 2003

See all articles by Eduardo M. R. A. Engel

Eduardo M. R. A. Engel

Yale University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Alexander Galetovic

Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez; Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace; University of Padua - CRIEP

Ronald D. Fischer

University of Chile - Center of Applied Economics (CEA)

Abstract

Roadway privatization offers many benefits, from decreasing transportation's dependence on public coffers to using market forces to decrease the number of "white elephant" roadway projects. But, in the United States, only two private road projects have been undertaken during the last century, in part because potential investors and the government worry about the financial risks of such projects. We believe those risks can be overcome through government awarding of "Present-Value-of-Revenue" franchises to private roadway companies, which would protect those companies' investment but would also protect taxpayers.

Keywords: toll road, private road, Demsetz auction, present value of revenue franchise, PVR

Suggested Citation

Engel, Eduardo M. and Galetovic, Alexander and Fischer, Ronald D., A New Approach to Private Roads. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=343602 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.343602

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Alexander Galetovic

Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez ( email )

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Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace ( email )

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University of Padua - CRIEP ( email )

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University of Chile - Center of Applied Economics (CEA) ( email )

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