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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794128
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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/10012179818
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011774907
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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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Diesel fuel and passenger cars receive preferential tax treatment in Europe: Reform of taxation needed in Germany
Kunert, Uwe - In: DIW Weekly Report 8 (2018) 32, pp. 289-298
Duties and taxes on cars are an important source of revenue for European governments and the tax systems are also … real value has declined by a fifth in real terms. With this in mind, both types of taxes are in need of reform and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011886408
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Fuel Tax Incidence in Developing Countries: The Case of Costa Rica
Blackman, Allen; Osakwe, Rebecca; Alpizar, Francisco - 2009
Although fuel taxes are a practical means of curbing vehicular air pollution, congestion, and accidents in developing … gasoline would be progressive, its effect through spending on diesel--both directly and via bus transportation--would be … bus transportation would be relatively small, albeit regressive. Finally, we find that although the overall effect of a 10 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497174
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Fuel Tax Incidence in Developing Countries: The Case of Costa Rica
Blackman, Allen; Osakwe, Rebecca; Alpizar, Francisco - 2009
Although fuel taxes are a practical means of curbing vehicular air pollution, congestion, and accidents in developing … gasoline would be progressive, its effect through spending on diesel—both directly and via bus transportation—would be … bus transportation would be relatively small, albeit regressive. Finally, we find that although the overall effect of a 10 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541873
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Diesel fuel and passenger cars receive preferential tax treatment in Europe : reform of taxation needed in Germany
Kunert, Uwe - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 32, pp. 289-298
Duties and taxes on cars are an important source of revenue for European governments and the tax systems are also … real value has declined by a fifth in real terms. With this in mind, both types of taxes are in need of reform and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011884128
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Pigovian transport pricing in practice
Hintermann, Beat; Schoemann, Beaumont; Molloy, Joseph; … - 2025
We implement Pigovian transport pricing in a field experiment in urban agglomerations of Switzerland over the course of 8 weeks. Our pricing considers the external costs from climate damages, health outcomes from pollution, accidents and physical activity, and congestion. It varies across time,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015399598
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Pigovian Transport Pricing in Practice
Hintermann, Beat; Schoemann, Beaumont; Molloy, Joseph; … - 2025
We implement Pigovian transport pricing in a field experiment in urban agglomerations of Switzerland over the course of 8 weeks. Our pricing considers the external costs from climate damages, health outcomes from pollution, accidents and physical activity, and congestion. It varies across time,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015419049