Serviços de táxi : elementos para um novo modelo regulatório / Taxi services: foundations for a new regulatory model

AUTOR(ES)

Flávio Augusto de Oliveira Passos Dias

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The taxi services have an important function on the whole urban and metropolitan transport of passengers. They mainly serve people who prioritize comfort, time or mobility in urban trips for business, tour, entertainment, shopping or emergency purposes. However, the taxi industry does not reach itself the maximum economic and social efficiency due to the existence of market failures. Thus, a state intervention to make the necessary arrangements is indispensable; hence a general regulatory model for this industry is an important tool to mitigate those failures. Based on this, regulatory guidelines are proposed in this dissertation for the combinations among the factors related to the regulatory activity and the market failures. Those failures were identified through documental and bibliographic research developed from a legal analysis in Brazil and from the economic behavior that enclose 16 Brazilian markets and markets of 17 other countries. Despite the diversity of regulatory behaviors observed, the set of analyzed factors showed that the taxi services have no typical characteristics of public services, differing from the urban public mass transports. Oligopoly, negative externalities and asymmetric information are the main market failures identified. The phone-booking segment has the best market conditions to minimize these failures, because this segment is able to use economies of density and economies of scale. It was found that sunk costs do not exist in taxi services; these services are among the relatively competitive and contestable industries, being able to become more competitive by working in open markets; however, under transition rules and rigorous regulation about quality standards, dissemination of information and fare control, following the world-wide trend.

ASSUNTO(S)

regulação jurídica diretrizes regulatórias engenharia de transportes táxi regulação econômica

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