The lack of growth in the Brazilian sugarcane-ethanol complex since the 2008 financial crisis has been blamed on policies: lower mandate, holding gasoline prices below world levels, high fuel taxes, and inadequate fuel tax exemptions for ethanol. This paper develops an empirical model of the...

This paper reviews the literature on the fiscal policy instruments commonly used to reduce transport sector externalities. The findings show that congestion charges would reduce vehicle traffic by 9 to 12 percent and significantly improve environmental quality. The vehicle tax literature...

In Europe, company cars are offered by employers as fringe benefits to their employees at a lower price than employees pay in the car market, mainly due to favourable taxation of company cars. We analyse the welfare effects of favourable taxation of company cars for the Netherlands. The...

Wie in vielen anderen europäischen Ländern wurde 2009 nach jahrelanger Diskussion auch die deutsche Kraftfahrzeug-Steuer teilweise am CO 2-Ausstoß ausgerichtet und damit klimapolitisch aufgewertet. Zugleich erhielt der Bund die Ertragskompetenz für diese frühere Länder-Steuer. Der Beitrag...