@article{Vega:262593,
      recid = {262593},
      author = {Vega, Amaya and Evers, Natasha},
      title = {Understanding the implications of the UK HGV road  usercharge for Irish maritime freight transport  stakeholders },
      address = {2016},
      number = {1155-2017-4122},
      series = {Working Paper 16-WP-SEMRU-01},
      pages = {24},
      year = {2016},
      abstract = {Road user charging in the European Union has evolved from  a mechanism of financing the construction and maintenance  of motorways to internalising the road user costs in line  with the polluter pays principle. The United Kingdom  introduced a HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicles) Road User Levy Act  2013, which became effective from 1 April 2014. Given  Ireland's geographical location as a peripheral European  nation, it has been historically dependent on the use of  the British road network (UK land bridge) for exporting and  importing goods to and from Europe. Irish exports are set  to be the main growth driver for the Irish economy in real  GDP and critical for economic revival. The UK's  introduction of the new HGV road charge has raised serious  concerns across the freight transport sector and  policy-makers in the Republic of Ireland. Such concerns  relate to who will be most exposed to the charge and the  future aggregate economic impact on stakeholders of the  export freight transport sector - notably, hauliers,  freight forwarders and exporters. This research explores  the potential implications of the newly introduced UK HGV  road user charge for export freight transport stakeholders  operating in the Republic of Ireland. Semi-structured,  in-depth interviews were carried out with key stakeholders  with the aim of understanding the extent to which these are  affected by the road charge and the perceived feasibility  of alternatives currently available for exporters and  transport providers. },
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/262593},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.262593},
}