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Efficient taxation of fuel and road use
Bjertnæs, Geir H. M. - 2019
This study calculates efficient taxes on fuel and road use designed to combat driving related externalities. The study …
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Efficient taxation of fuel and road use
Bjertnæs, Geir H. M. - 2019
This study calculates efficient taxes on gasoline and road use designed to combat driving related externalities when … motorists avoid taxes due to an excessive economic driving-style. The efficient tax on gasoline is reduced below the Pigouvian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012156698
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The efficient combination of taxes on fuel and vehicles
Bjertnæs, Geir H. M. - 2017
A tax on fuel combined with tax-exemptions or subsidies for purchase of fuel-efficient vehicles is implemented in many countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other negative externalities from road traffic. This study, however, shows that a tax on fuel should be combined with heavier...
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Taxation of fuel and vehicles when emissions are constrained
Bjertnæs, Geir H. M. - 2021
A tax on fuel combined with tax exemptions or subsidies for fuel-efficient vehicles is implemented in many countries to fulfill the Paris agreement and to curb mileage-related externalities from road traffic. The present study shows that a tax on fuel should be combined with heavier taxation of...
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Optimal carbon taxes and foreign aid
Bjertnæs, Geir H. M. - 2024
optimal carbon taxes on commodities within such rich low-temperature countries when damage inflicted upon poor high …, when foreign aid is hampered by taxes within aid-receiving countries. The article also identifies cases where the Pigouvian …
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Optimal carbon taxes and foreign aid
Bjertnæs, Geir H. M. - 2024
optimal carbon taxes on commodities within such rich low-temperature countries when damage inflicted upon poor high …, when foreign aid is hampered by taxes within aid-receiving countries. The article also identifies cases where the Pigouvian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534609
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Discrete choice models and optimal two-part tariffs in the presence of externalities: Optimal taxation of cars
DE BORGER, Bruno - Faculteit Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen, …
fixed taxes crucially depends on the available variable tax instruments; various restrictions on variable tax instruments … externalities via user and ownership taxes. We identify the specific role of the distribution of ownership and of conditional …
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Chapter 10 Taxation
Kaplow, Louis - In: Handbook of law and economics : volume 1, (pp. 647-755). 2007
transfers and public goods are each integrated into a common optimal tax framework with the income tax and commodity taxes at …
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Social Cost Pricing When Public Transport is an Option Value
Roson, Roberto - 2012
A well-known principle of welfare economics states that an efficient resources allocation can be achieved in a competitive economy when market prices are in line with social marginal costs. When applied to the transport sector, this implies that the price of the various transport modes should be...
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The Social Cost of Optimal Taxes in an Imperfectly Competitive Economy
Selim, Sheikh - 2005
In this paper we calibrate the social cost of optimal taxes in a class of imperfectly competitive economies and examine … number of sources of market distortion and number of tax instruments. Our calibration clearly shows that optimal taxes in an … efficient as competition enhancing policy tools. We find that optimal taxes in our models can cost up to 48% less forgone …
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