Transportation cost principle

Japanese: 運送費用原理 - うんそうひようげんり
Transportation cost principle

...This method contributes most effectively to the reimbursement of fixed costs, but on the other hand, it brings about a considerable difference in the reimbursement of fixed costs (gross profit) borne by each transport object, and some people criticize it as a method of determining fares that lacks social justice. These people instead advocate the adoption of the cost of service principle, which is based on total average cost. In other words, they believe that the reimbursement of fixed costs should be fairly levied by all transport objects, which is a method that conforms to social justice.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "transportation cost principle" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この方法は最も有効に固定費の償還に貢献するが,他面,各輸送対象の負担する固定費の償還分(粗利潤)にかなりの差をもたらすことから,一部の人々は,社会的公正に欠ける運賃決定の方式であると非難する。このような人々はむしろ総平均費用に基礎をおく運送費用原理cost of service principleの採用を主張する。すなわち固定費の償還はすべての輸送対象により公正に賦課されることが社会正義にかなう方法であると考えるのである。…

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