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Session

Egg-Timer: Political Economy of Environmental Policy
Location: D-112
Session Chair: Massimo Tavoni, Politecnico di Milano e EIEE

Presentation 4

Public Support for Universal Road Pricing

Alberto Antonioni², Alice Ciccone¹, Cloé Garnache³, Sara Ghivarello², Askill Harkjerr Halse¹, Francesca Lipari⁴

1: Institute of Transport Economics (TØI), Norway; 2: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; 3: Oslo Metropolititan University and ETH Zürich; 4: Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Distance-based road pricing can internalize driving externalities and provide fiscally sustainable infrastructure financing as vehicle electrification erodes fuel tax revenues. Yet, political resistance may pose a barrier to implementation. We provide the first comprehensive analysis of preferences for universal road pricing using a stated choice experiment with nearly 4,000 Norwegian respondents. Policy alternatives vary systematically across urban peak prices, off-peak prices, nonurban prices, electric vehicle prices, and revenue allocation. We document robust majority support (70% to 80%) for most universal road pricing schemes, substantially exceeding typical support for local congestion charges. Support varies by design: public transport earmarking outperforms general budget allocation by 8 percentage points, while moderate pricing dominates high pricing by 5 to 7 points. Support varies substantially with car use, availability of transport alternatives, and institutional trust, but shows little sensitivity to income, urban residence, or toll exposure. Latent class analysis identifies unconditional supporters (57%), systematic opponents (22%), and a persuadable middle (21%). Randomized information treatments generate modest effects, with factual information increasing support by 6 percentage points. Political barriers to road pricing may be lower than assumed with moderate pricing and credible infrastructure earmarking.