Rural Road Abandonment: Policy Criteria and Empirical Analysis
针对农村道路系统恶化和使用模式变化带来的政策难题，构建基于效用最大化和帕累托最优标准的模型，识别可废弃道路的政策标准，实证发现4%至12%的道路是合适的废弃候选对象且不会造成社会净损失。
Abstract Deterioration and changing use patterns of the rural road system have coalesced into difficult policy decisions for local government officials. One option for consideration is abandonment of some low‐volume roads. A model is developed, using utility maximization and Pareto‐optimal criteria, that allows identification of policy criteria for abandonment. The criteria are empirically estimated and 4% to 12% of the roads were found to be good candidates for abandonment without a net social loss.