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Current carbon tax role in the choice of ecologically more acceptable transport mode

The internalization of external cost in transport sector can be made with a political (legal) decision or market-based instruments as the carbon tax is. Although it has been introduced already through the fuel, vehicle or emission trading taxes, many countries introduce a new, special carbon tax according to European Commission policy and Paris Protocol on reducing CO2 emissions and the principle "polluter pays". Accepting the external costs as influencing factors on transport performance and solutions, there is enough reason to consider ecologically more acceptable transport modes and routes whenever possible. Since, road transportation is the largest producer of CO2 emissions in the transport sector, the main aim of this paper is to get the answer to the question: "Can carbon tax size stimulate a logistic decision maker to choose the ecologically more acceptable transport mode and therefore the ecologically more acceptable transport routes?” Accordingly, to the mentioned research problem, the authors give the comparative analysis of the CO2 emissions in three variants of transport modes on the route between a port and its hinterland. Using indicative calculation the results show that current carbon tax is not competitive with road transportation prices. These carbon values are not enough incentive to shift freight from road to rail and cannot change the transport route. Therefore, in valuing of a carbon tax should consider the objectives of common transport policy and align it with the tax structure of the signatory state, in function of ecologically more acceptable transport solutions.

external cost ; carbon tax ; ecological transport mode ; calculation ; inland transport to and from port

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