本章首先解释道路拥堵可以被看作由“外部成本”引发的市场失灵问题;其次比较道路使用的自由市场均衡结果和经济最优均衡结果之间的差异;再次讨论如何通过拥堵定价政策来实现经济最优均衡,进而比较价格政策与非价格政策的效率;最后解释为什么经济最优政策在民主社会中往往难以实施。
<<This chapter first explains that road congestion can be seen as a market failure problem caused by "external costs"; secondly, it compares the results of free market equilibrium and economic optimal equilibrium of road use; thirdly, it discusses how to achieve economic optimal equilibrium through congestion pricing policy, and then compares the efficiency of price policy and non price policy; finally, it explains why the economy is in an economic state Optimal policies are often difficult to implement in a democratic society.
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