Bumpy Designs: Impact of Privacy and Technology Costs on Support for Road Mileage User Fees

Denvil Duncan, Venkata Nadella, Ashley Bowers, Stacey Giroux and John D. Graham

National Tax Journal, 2014, vol. 67, issue 3, 505-530

Abstract: The mileage user fee is a promising alternative to the fuel tax but public opposition is a barrier to implementation. We use a nationally representative survey with an embedded experimental design to determine the extent to which technology costs and perceived invasion of privacy infuence public opinion regarding the adoption of mileage user fees. We fnd that the ratio of opponents to supporters is about four to one, and that public opposition can be attenuated by insulating motorists from a new one-time cost for GPS technology to measure mileage, and by providing safeguards that eliminate or minimize perceived invasions of privacy.

Date: 2014
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