The end of the taximeter? Or the end of the taxi?

Richard Darbéra ()
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Richard Darbéra: LATTS - Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés - UPEM - Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Smartphone apps will render obsolete the economic justifications for setting taxis quotas and for regulating taxi fares since the borderline between street hail (a taxicab monopoly) and telephone booking will be blurred.

Keywords: taxi regulation; smartphone app (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-11-10
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Published in 5th International IRU Taxi Forum, Nov 2012, Cologne, Germany

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