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De-Fueling Externalities: Causal Effects of Fuel Taxation and Mediating Mechanisms for Delivering Climate and Health Benefits
Basaglia, Pier; Behr, Sophie M.; Drupp, Moritz A. - 2023
effectiveness of fuel taxes to deliver climate and health benefits. …-carbon innovation and document much stronger demand responses to eco-tax increases than to market price movements, primarily driven by … increased tax salience in newspapers. Our results highlight the key roles of salience and fuel substitution in mediating the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377482
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De-fueling externalities: How tax salience and fuel substitution mediate climate and health benefits
Basaglia, Pier; Behr, Sophie M.; Drupp, Moritz A. - 2023
effectiveness of fuel taxes to deliver climate and health benefits. …-carbon innovation and document much stronger demand responses to eco-tax increases than to market price movements, primarily driven by … increased tax salience in newspapers. Our results highlight the key roles of salience and fuel substitution in mediating the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014637019
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Distributional effects of carbon pricing by transport fuel taxation
Jacobs, Leif; Quack, Lara; Mechtel, Mario - 2021
We introduce a new microsimulation model built on household transport data to study the distributional effects of carbon-based fuel taxation of private road transport in Germany. Our data includes annual mileage at the car-level, the distinction between fuel types, as well as car-specific fuel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013167916
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Can the acceptance of a carbon tax be increased? The effect of tax revenue recycling and redistribution among households and companies
Dugstad, Anders; Grimsrud, Kristine M.; Lindhjem, Henrik - 2023
levels increases among both groups if revenue finances climate mitigation measures. There is some heterogeneity among the … acceptance for the highest carbon tax among both groups when revenue is used both to finance climate mitigation measures and to … for reaching the most ambitious climate target set by the Norwegian government. An effective carbon tax level can …
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Optimal carbon taxes and foreign aid
Bjertnæs, Geir H. M. - 2024
This article explores whether altruistic preferences toward households in poor high-temperature countries stimulate global warming policies within rich low-temperature countries that avoids damage from global warming. The article analyzes optimal carbon taxes on commodities within such rich...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014563896
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Congestion pricing, air pollution, and individual-level behavioral responses
Isaksen, Elisabeth T.; Johansen, Bjørn G. - 2021
This paper shows that differentiating driving costs by time of day and vehicle type help improve urban air quality, lower driving, and induce adoption of electric vehicles. By taking advantage of a congestion charge that imposed spatial and temporal variation in the cost of driving a...
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Carbon Policy and the Emissions Implications of Electric Vehicles
Gillingham, Kenneth; Ovaere, Marten; Weber, Stephanie - 2021
Will a carbon tax improve the welfare consequences of policies to promote electric vehicles? This paper examines when a complementarity could exist between carbon pricing and high electric vehicle adoption. We analyze electricity generation in recent years to show that in several regions, carbon...
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The role of fiscal instruments in environmental policy
Kosonen, Katri; Nicodème, Gaëtan J.A. - 2009
environmental goals. The EU has favoured market-based instruments, among which fiscal instruments to tackle the climate change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274464
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Fuel Economy Standards and Public Transport
Berger, Julius; Marz, Waldemar - 2024
We identify and examine a novel welfare channel of fuel economy standards through the in-teraction with public transit and households' location choices. A stricter emission standard for cars decreases the marginal cost of driving and triggers a shift in modal choice from public to private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534306
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Urban Distribution Centres and Competition among Logistics Providers: a Hotelling Approach
Crotti, Daniele; Maggi, Elena - 2017
In recent years several European municipalities have paired market-based measures with urban distribution centres (UDC) in order to reduce CO2 emissions and make more sustainable urban freight ‡ows. However, UDCs may add reloading costs and extra delivery times which have relevant impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011662427