High speed trains and spatial equity in France

Trains à grande vitesse et équité spatiale en France

Dominique Bouf () and Christian Desmaris ()
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Dominique Bouf: LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This paper addresses the issue of high speed trains (TGV) and spatial equity through the example of France. We begin with an examination of various concepts corresponding to the word equity. With these concepts, we address the TGV's impacts on the French regions from three dimensions: economic development, prices and financing. First, with a simple model, we show that high speed rail has contrasting territorial effects on growth of GDP per capita, combining polarization and diffusion. Beyond that, the pricing system, applying some methods of yield management, is not fair either. As for the financing of LGV network, the amount and nature of the contributing are highly dependent on the infrastructure considered. Regarding this question, the development of high-speed lines is spatially unfair.

Keywords: French regions; Funding; High-speed trains; Pricing; Regional development; Spatial equity; Equité spatiale; Développement régional; Financement; Tarification; Trains à grande vitesse (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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