KiM: Policy studies and analysis
Netherlands Institute for Transport Policy Analysis
Policy studies and analysis – knowing more about transport – is what the Netherlands Institute for Transport Policy Analysis (Kennisinstituut voor Mobiliteitsbeleid, KiM) is concerned with. As an independent institute within the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, KiM carries out transport policy studies and analyses, which are used to strengthen the strategic knowledge base for policy-making.
KiM is part of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, but its products and their content are independent of policy or politics. The policy departments of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment and its Inspectorate are involved in programming the activities of KiM.
The reason for setting up KiM was the need within the policy departments of the Ministry and the Inspectorate for systematic, well-founded transport policy analyses and studies that are not swayed by the political issues of the day. The Lower House may also submit requests to KiM via the minister to carry out studies. KiM is largely demand-driven, meaning that KiM can be called in if a policy department and the Inspectorate require detailed information on transportation. KiM makes trend, scenario and cost-benefit analyses, as well as international comparisons.
Publication Effects of the Air Passenger Tax
An air passenger tax was in effect in the Netherlands from 1 July 2008 to 1 July 2009. What were the effects of this measure? Did some people consequently cancel their travel plans or instead choose to depart from airports in neighbouring countries? When the tax was abolished, did these passengers return or have Dutch airports suffered a structural loss? And moreover what are the effects of the air passenger tax that Germany
implemented on 1 January 2011?
This study conducted by the KiM Netherlands Institute for Policy Analysis provides answers to these and other questions. The study moreover contributes insights into the functioning of the aviation system, the choice behaviour of passengers, and the subsequent reactions of airlines and airports to implementation of the air passenger tax.
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