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International Fuel Tax Assessment; An Application to Chile

Parry, Ian W.H.; Strand, Jon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

Gasoline and diesel fuel are heavily taxed in many developed and some emerging and developing countries. Outside of the United States and Europe, however, there has been little attempt to quantify the external costs of vehicle use, so policymakers lack guidance on whether prevailing tax rates...

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The Effect of Transport Policies on Car Use: Theory and Evidence from Latin American Cities

Gallego, Francisco; Montero, Juan-Pablo; Salas, Christian - Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencia Económicas … - 2011

In an effort to reduce air pollution and congestion, Latin American cities have experimented with different policies to persuade drivers to give up their cars in favor of public transport. Two notable examples are the driving restriction program introduced in Mexico-City in November of 1989...

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Transport Policies in Latin America

Carvallo, Enrique Ide; Lizana, Pedro - Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencia Económicas … - 2011

The issues of air pollution and traffic congestion in Latin America have been growing increasingly important since the end of the 20th century. The latter may help explain why several cities around the continent have tried different combination of public policies with vary-ing degrees of...

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Reforming the Tax System to Promote Environmental Objectives; An Application to Mauritius

Parry, Ian W.H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

Fiscal instruments are potentially among the most effective, and cost-effective, options for addressing externalities related to poor air quality, urban road congestion, and greenhouse gases. This paper takes a case study, focused on Mauritius (a pioneer in the use of green taxes) to illustrate...

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Multiscale programming to manage the air pollution problem using the level crossing method

Vahabi, M.; Jafari, G.R.; Hedayatifar, L. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 389 (2010) 9, pp. 1915-1921

Problems regarding pollution must be handled very carefully and precisely, which requires a well-organized and accurate program. In this article, we suggest that different programs should be used for different time scales (short-term or long-term programs) to manage and control the pollution,...

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Passengers as Drivers of Innovation in Public Transport Planning? Conceptual Issue and Experiences

Schiefelbusch, Martin - Società Italiana di Economia dei Trasporti e della … - 2010

According to economic theory, market forces guarantee efficiency and customer orientation. But in public transport, such a market often does not exist, given that most services are provided under licenses which guarantee the operator an exclusive right to provide the service, thus evidently...

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Finanzielle Nachhaltigkeit des öffentlichen Personennahverkehrs: Entwicklungen und Herausforderungen in Deutschland und den USA

Bühler, Ralph; Pucher, John - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly … 79 (2010) 2, pp. 127-138

the past two decades, Germany has improved the quality of its public transport services and attracted more passengers … increased financial efficiency of public transport in Germany over the past two decades. Public transport systems reduced their … zunächst die positiven Entwicklungen in Deutschland mit Trends in den USA, wo seit 1990 die Relation der Fahrgeldeinnahmen zu …

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Early and Late Reformers: Long-Term Trends of Public Expenditure in 21 OECD Countries

Osterkamp, Rigmar - In: CESifo DICE Report 1 (2003) 1, pp. 46-47

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Productivity Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Professional Soccer

Lichter, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Sommer, Eric - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

on the universe of professional soccer players in Germany over the period 1999-2011. Combining this data with hourly …

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Local Environmental Quality and Life-Satisfaction in Germany

Rehdanz, Katrin; Maddison, David J. - Forschungsstelle Nachhaltige Umweltentwicklung (ZMK), … - 2006

Hitherto the task of valuing differences in environmental quality arising from air pollution and noise nuisance has been carried out mainly by using the hedonic price technique. This paper proposes a different approach to deriving information on individual preferences for local environmental...

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