Publication detail

Differences in the Effects of Fare Subsidies in Rail Transport: A Comparison of the Czech Republic and Slovakia

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

13

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"
}